While many of us struggle to put what we learn in Chinese class into practice, fumbling over tones and slogging to string together a coherent sentence, comedian Jesse Appell is crosstalking his way to Beijing fame. … More Laugh Together: Common-Ground Comedy
“Kids, you know, they feel dorky going to dance in the park with their parents,” he says. “So, we’re doing pretty much the same thing, but they feel less dorky about joining in.” … More Square Dancers Cut a Rug in Beijing
“Learning Chinese through music would be easier for me. There’s some idea about speaking straight about what you think.” … More French Connection: Music Lovers Unite in Gulou
Since the late 1970s, people have been dumping and chasing, passing pucks and stacking the pads right here in China’s capital through Beijing International Ice Hockey… [which] grew out of Cold War-era winter games between the Canadians and the Soviets on the former Soviet Union’s outdoor rink. … More Game On: Hockey Night in Beijing
Nobody should miss this experience—and it is an experience. … More Weird Science: 5-D Movies in Beijing
Roundup: Beijing’s Best Makeup Artists … More Beijing’s Best Makeup Artists
China takes the cake as the country that’s home to the world’s largest diabetic population. As of 2010, 90 million people in China were living with diabetes and another 150 million showed early signs of the disease. … More The Not So Sweet Truth About Sugar
We’re not trying to start a battle of east vs. west—we all saw how well that worked out with American rappers in the ’90s—but the western half of Beijing deserves more attention than we give it, and these are just some of the reasons why. … More Journey to the West
It’s hard to imagine a more effortlessly ebullient and jovial group than one in which everyone’s hitting a lick on their ukuleles. … More Ukelele Strum Circle: A Round Beat
Custom printing options in the Capital. … More Print Happy
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