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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.
Posted in Architecture, Beijing, Danwei TV
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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.
Posted in Beijing, Humor, Internet, IP and Law, Transport, Trends and Buzz
Tagged @classic, regulations, seniors, traffic, Zhang Rui
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Every breath you take in Beijing
SEPA stats for Beijing air.
Posted in Beijing, Trends and Buzz
Tagged air quality, SEPA
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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
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.
Posted in Beijing, Trends and Buzz
Tagged apartments, rental agents, Sanlian Life Week
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Misleading hutong names
A list of street names in Beijing that have changed significantly from their original meanings.
Posted in Beijing, Media and Advertising, Newspapers
Tagged hutongs, Mirror, place names, translation
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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