Category Archives: Beijing

Maggie’s is back, the Olympics are really over

Maggie’s Bar opens again.

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Photos of Beijing in the 1930s and ’40s

Old photos of Beijing by Hedda Morrison and Dmitri Kessel.

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Time Out picks two sets of Beijing heroes

Time Out magazine names forty Beijing heroes (城市英雄); English and Chinese language editions feature different names.

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How to be cool in Beijing

0086 magazine presents a guide to the best of Beijing.

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Sexy Beijing: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Are arranged marriages still popular in Beijing? Sufei finds out in this episode of Sexy Beijing.

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Li Ning lights China’s Olympic flame

Chinese retailer Li Ning (李宁) is the biggest winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics so far, after its founder and chairman – whose name the company bears – lit the cauldron at the final act of last night’s opening ceremony.

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Helicopters over Beijing

A new sound and sight in Beijing: helicopters.

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Beijing, the invisible city

China Heritage Quarterly has published its 14th issue online, and it’s mostly about Beijing.

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1979: Beijing’s Big Bowl Tea

Before Wang Xiuchen returned to Beijing in 1977, she had spent eight years in a remote village as a farmer. Though she was called “educated youth”, she had only finished junior middle school and struggled to find a job in the capital.

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Free wireless Internet in downtown Beijing

The initial project map June 25 is first day in the test phase of the ‘Beijing Wicity Project’ which aims to provide citizen’s wireless internet access in much of downtown Beijing. According to the news, the wireless internet service will … Continue reading →

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