It's Halloween weekeend! Celebrate with The Sound Stage's first featured electronic act. You can probably beat their costumes this year, but you can't beat their beats. Making a cameo: these guys. Read more »
Ylvis's hit "The Fox" (What Does the Fox Say?) was the surprise viral song of the late summer. We can't believe it's taken all of nearly two months, but here, finally, is a parody of that video set in China, featuring that other wonderfully mysterious creature of the woods, by which we mean -- of course -- the giant panda. Read more »
The sketch comedy that I outlined last week ends with a return to proper gender norms: a husband taking responsibility for his wife and children. But before this can take place, Abdukerim’s character is confronted with the wide range of his sins and their social effects. Read more »
Happy Halloween, China friends. Need some costume ideas, as if going as Bo Xilai is too distasteful? Want to know what'll attract the eyeballs for your Halloween party? Nick Compton's got you covered. Read more »
That's Beijing is holding its restaurant awards party, the Golden Forks, at The Kro's Nest (35 Xiao Yun Lu) tomorrow at 7:30 pm. Incidentally, that's where I host trivia every week at 8:30 pm. Both are happening. Come say hi, and other links. Read more »
We at Beijing Cream do not actively condone buffoonery, excessive alcohol intake, or buffoonery as the result of excessive alcohol intake, but understand we are surrounded by all of the above anyway -- and that it can be fun. And so it's with no small amount of ambivalence that we announce: this Friday, November 1, revelers in Halloween costumes will be gathering around 9 pm (+30 minutes or so) at Dongzhimen Subway Station and riding south on Line 2 for this year's official Halloween Subway Party. BYOB. Read more »
This video, produced by Radio Free Asia, was posted in May, but it just got a big spotlight thanks to Washington Post and Foodspin, so, thanks, guys, for showing us all how low the lowest low in food production can get. Read more »
In the sizable annals of bad photoshop jobs, this one belongs in the first chapter. The picture you see above was taken in Ningguo, Anhui province, with reports saying that these four -- which include the city's vice mayor -- were visiting a 100-year-old woman. Read more »