The party’s still going strong on this frigid evening. You’ll find Santas scattered over Houhai and Gulou, making their way to Four Corners for some music, debauchery, food — somewhere. The route was Brussels/Pyro to Chill Bar on Andingmen to Mai Bar and then through Nanluoguxiang to Gulou and Houhai. If you have no idea what... Read more »
The first China Beijing International Magic Carnival kicked off yesterday, which no one attended because it was in Changping District. Listen, event organizers: be a little less transparent with these “international” festivals, would you? The CBIMC (a non-official and heretofore nonexistent acronym) is nothing but a local soft-power push, the equivalent of a small-auto windshield makers trade fair in Jefferson City,... Read more »
By The Good Doctor Ever wonder what would happen if you fuck with the public works department in Beijing? If you’re like this unfortunate car owner, your vehicle will get paved over by a thick layer of asphalt. Let these photos (and video) be a warning. To see Beijing’s latest installation piece, head over to... Read more »
We visit the folks at Beijing Improv, where you should always expect the unexpected.
Notes: Beijing Improv holds free, bilingual workshops every Wednesday night at the Hot Cat Club, as well as a theater show on the last Saturday of every month.
Here’s Xinhua’s special slideshow of delegates of the 18th CPC National Congress arriving in Beijing. These are the good folks for whom cops shut multiple lanes of traffic from the airport to Tiananmen. Captioned with RFH.
That weird, shiny, spaceship-like gob of postmodernity on Second Ring Road is officially alive. “Busses full of local students mingled with other architecture fanatics to get a first official glimpse of the cities newest archi-gem” last Saturday, reports the architect website Archinet. At the opening event, Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, who designed this perfect landing pad... Read more »
A fire has just been extinguished at Guijie, the stretch of hotpot restaurants on Dongzhimen Inner Street. BJC reader and lover of adventure Hannah was biking through the area around 11 am when she saw smoke and stopped across the street, “where all the neighboring restaurants’ waitstaff were taking pictures on their camera phones.” Hannah... Read more »
Construction on Beijing Subway’s Line 15 suffered a setback on Friday afternoon after an underground fire halted everything at North Xueyuan Road. Thirteen firetrucks and four firefighting squads were dispatched. No injuries were reported. Free More News reports via Beijing Fire Department that the cause is believed to be from damage of sewage pipes during... Read more »
