Category Archives: Beijing

Hutong Chronicles: Luoguxiang

This Hard Hat Show episode is an interview with Xiao Bianr, the owner of Pass By Bar, the oldest bar / café on Luoguxiang.

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Slow, polluting seniors removed from Beijing city streets

Zhang Rui writes about a Beijing plan to ban seniors from the city’s streets, with the goal of reducing gridlock among pedestrians.

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Every breath you take in Beijing

SEPA stats for Beijing air.

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Beijing air pollution off the charts

A Danwei reader sent this in: Beijing’s air pollution index is off the charts right now. Literally. Highest ever on record. China’s State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) has a pollution rating scale that measures up to 500. I don’t think … Continue reading →

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Radiation play at Beijing airport

Click to enlarge This photograph and report was sent in by Noah Weinzweig: It seems China is ramping up efforts to control her population by allowing children to play with radiation. This brilliant sign at Beijing Capital Airport is the … Continue reading →

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Sexy Beijing: Jew Brew

In this episode of Sexy Beijing, Su Fei tries to please her mother and go for one of her own kind. She visits the opening of the mikvah bath at a new Jewish community centre in Beijing and finds out … Continue reading →

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Problems in a perfect Beijing apartment

An apartment-rental horror story: ‘Just Perfect’ (完美不过如此) by Ai Shi (艾氏) in Sanlian Life Week (三联生活周刊), issue 35 (18 September, 2006), page 124. Used with permission.

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Misleading hutong names

A list of street names in Beijing that have changed significantly from their original meanings.

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The Carnal History of the Eight Big Hutongs – Danwei TV

The last episode of Danwei TV’s Hard Hat Show was an interview with the writer Mike Meyer, who is completing a book about his experiences living in the hutong area west of Qianmen. He introduced us to a Chinese writer … Continue reading →

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Danwei TV: Hutong Chronicles – Mike Meyer

Southwest of Qianmen and Tiananmen Square in Beijing is a maze of narrow alleyways stretching from the theater and market street of Dazhalan all the way west to Liulichang, Beijing’s antique and traditional Chinese art supplies street. In the Qing … Continue reading →

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