Chinese Actress Jing Tian Joins 'Pacific Rim 2'
Chinese actress Jing Tian (景甜) has joined the cast of Legendary’s Pacific Rim sequel.
View ArticleTalking Entertainment: The Great Gatsby Gets Sudden Approval
After suddenly realizing that The Great Gatsby is not a Hollywood production, Chinese film regulators moved like lightning to have the film released. The 3D adaptation of the classic American novel,...
View ArticleTalking Entertainment: 3D Dinosaurs, Exploding Robots, and Zhang Ziyi
Mr. Nick Richards is away this week, so I will be the one talking to you about entertainment this time.This week, it's mostly about film. Yet another dispute between Hollywood and Chollywood was...
View ArticleTalking Entertainment: Censors Deny Ban on Kids Cartoon
Chinese film authorities have denied banning Despicable Me 2 and are, frankly, insulted at the reasons postulated for having the film blocked. These include: the cartoon characters having a strong...
View ArticleChinese Actress Jing Tian Joins 'Pacific Rim 2'
Chinese actress Jing Tian (景甜) has joined the cast of Legendary’s Pacific Rim sequel.
View ArticleTalking Entertainment: The Great Gatsby Gets Sudden Approval
After suddenly realizing that The Great Gatsby is not a Hollywood production, Chinese film regulators moved like lightning to have the film released. The 3D adaptation of the classic American novel,...
View ArticleTalking Entertainment: 3D Dinosaurs, Exploding Robots, and Zhang Ziyi
Mr. Nick Richards is away this week, so I will be the one talking to you about entertainment this time.This week, it's mostly about film. Yet another dispute between Hollywood and Chollywood was...
View ArticleTalking Entertainment: Censors Deny Ban on Kids Cartoon
Chinese film authorities have denied banning Despicable Me 2 and are, frankly, insulted at the reasons postulated for having the film blocked. These include: the cartoon characters having a strong...
View ArticleTalking Entertainment: Five Reasons to See "Pacific Rim"
The online buzz surrounding Guillermo del Toro’s new robot action flick, Pacific Rim, is as brain frazzling as the actual film itself.PacificRim premiered at the UME Shuangjing IMAX theater on Monday,...
View ArticleCapital Bites: New Yunnan in the Hutongs, Kebabs, and Ramen
Yunnan options in Gulou just got more plentiful – look out for Hani Ge Jiu by Sue Zhou of the catering company Food Muppet. They're offering a daily set lunch menu for RMB 68, with one medium bowl of...
View ArticleSupper and a Bath: Unique Dining Concept at Green T. House Living
The time to arrive at Green T. House Living in Shunyi is just before sunset. A cab from the city center is surprisingly reasonable. We were coming from Sanlitun, and the fare ran roughly RMB 70,...
View ArticleA Convenient Way to Eat Healthy: HealthiEatz
The HealthiEatz ad has been popping up on my Facebook feed for a while now and it seems that a number of my friends like them – or at least their Facebook page. It was making me question these...
View ArticleWeekend Getaway: On the Farm with Fatface 24
Not even a year old, Fatface Dining always seems to be up to something – whether it's their involvement with BarCamp, organizing FoodCamp, speaking at C!Talk, or any of the various dinners and brunches...
View ArticleCommunity Matters: Avoid Fake Honey With Shangri-La Farm's Latest Class
It's young, it's hip, it's urban – and it's also arguably a viable model for cities in developing countries across the globe. Beijing has a low-key form of urban agriculture on lockdown with their...
View ArticleCapital Bites: Local Honey Sale, Salmon Ring, and Crazy Town
3sums has extended their RMB 88 all-you-can-eat deal to Saturdays from 6-10pm. Beyond free-flow of their mini-bites (burgers, pizzas and fries), Tsingdao will also be poured freely.Up the way from...
View ArticleThe Beijinger 2013 Burger Cup Finalist: Union Bar and Grille
As we head into the home stretch, with the Beijinger 2013 Burger Cup culminating this Saturday (Aug 17) in the Beijinger 2013 Burger Festival at Beijing City International School (BCIS), we are...
View ArticleEat Up: Five New Ways to Get Full This Weekend
There's always something to eat in this city – a special promotion, a new dinner event, a one-off brunch – and this weekend is no exception. If you want to stuff yourself straight through to Monday,...
View ArticleCapital Bites: Capital M's Theater Menus and Hatsune's 12-Year Anniversary
Capital M is starting up a new pre-theater (6-7pm) and post-theater (9.30-10.30pm) menu. It's designed to be quick so you can make the curtain opening with two courses priced at RMB 288 per person...
View ArticleUniformity: Stephen Leonelli, Development & Operations Director, LGBT Center
Uniformity is a regular magazine column where we ask Beijing personalities about the various outfits that have defined them over the years. Stephen Leonelli, development and operations director at...
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