Category Archives: Beijing

Limited IPR relief for Nike, Adidas and Hollywood studios

Movie title or next step on IPR enforcement? The past two weeks have seen an interesting assortment of IPR developments. In a fresh installment of what seems to be the never-ending saga of the Silk Street market, enforcement authorities raided … Continue reading →

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Armed police train for Olympic duty

Intensive training for the People’s Armed Police in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. From CCTV, August 2006.

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The rare pleasure of a hotel shower

Ai Ma (艾玛) writes about taking a shower in the Beijing Hotel (北京饭店).

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Starbucks exits the Forbidden City

Starbucks (星巴克) shuts down its forbidden city location as the museum moves promote its own brand.

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The good book of real estate

A Chinese real-estate ad features a parallel King James / Revised Version.

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Why you should drink the tap water in Beijing

Jodi Xu writes (in a post picked up by Time’s China blog): Today’s morning news announced that half of Beijing’s bottled water is counterfeit. I was shocked. Illegal private factories fill the used plastic bottles with tap water or water … Continue reading →

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Snakes of Beijing

Last weekend your correspondent was walking in the mountains southwest of Badaling, around the border between Hebei Province and Beijing. I saw three different snakes. One of them had brown and white stripes and was about 30 cm long. I … Continue reading →

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The last old buildings in Beijing’s CBD

Buildings taken down in CBD, Beijing.

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At long last, drinkable tap water?

Beijing’s water authority claims the city’s tap water is directly drinkable.

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Maps, Territory, and Place Names in China

A discussion of a new scheme for China’s administrative divisions (中国地图), street names in the Cultural Revοlution, and territorial integrity.

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