Changes are afoot at Beijing Cream. Specifically, we’ve outgrown our current site design, a relatively minimalist theme called Chunk, and very soon we’ll be rolling out our new look with its nifty features. I’ll save the details for later, but suffice to say it’ll enable us to do much more with the space here. To... Read more »
Ed’s note: The one you’ve been waiting for: The Good Doctor follows more than 100 merry Santas during the December 8 Beijing SantaCon. What is the collective noun for Santas? I’m not exactly sure, but we definitely need one after this. The music is Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, performed by the Tracson 5. Previously: Behind the Scenes... Read more »
If you're in Nanjing today, you probably heard them: sirens that began at 10 am and lasted 33 minutes to commemorate the 250,000 to 300,000 killed during the Nanjing Massacre.
An English teacher at Guangdong Medical University is now an Internet darling for his rendition of the Chinese song "A Brighter Future" by Beyond. The 10-minute video, posted to 56.com (after the jump) five days ago, has been viewed more than 1.1 million times.
Brent Huffman, a documentary maker and professor at Northwestern’s Medill (School of Journalism), is working on a film to bring exposure to the ancient Buddhist city of Mes Aynak in Afghanistan, set to be destroyed by a proposed copper mine. Archaeologists have been working restlessly under dangerous conditions to save all that they can before... Read more »
Someone actually got a fine for jaywalking in Beijing recently. Nineteen someones, in fact. Via Sohu (which has more hilarious photos): “On the morning of December 11, 2012, at Huizhong Road in Chaoyang District, traffic cops rectified Chinese-style street-crossing, 19 pedestrians who ran a red light respectively ‘ate’ a 10-yuan fine.” But will the fine deter... Read more »
