If You Love Your Uncle, Avoid These Chinese New Year Taboos!

You have probably heard enough of Spring Festival traditions and customs, but what about taboos? People do not usually tell you of such things un...

Monkey Business: Beijing’s 6 Best Temple Fairs

For Beijingers, attending a miaohui (temple fair) comes second only to the family reunion dinner when it comes to Chinese New Year observances. T...

Drumroll, Please: And the Winners of the Beijinger's 2016 Reader Restaurant Awards Are …

After a grueling month-long process which included the collecting and analysis of over 13,000 ballots, the list of Beijing's Best Restaurants for...

Beijing's Mysterious Line 3 to Finally Begin Construction

At the government affairs consultation in late January, Dai Mengdong, the deputy director of the city's major affairs office stated that Beijing'...

An open door is much more inviting

While dozens of cities started offering 72-hour visa-free visits to third-country transit travelers in recent years, the Yangtze River Delta enac...

Excessive emissions a big problem in 59 cities

The national environmental authority found severely excessive pollution emissions during inspections of 648 companies in 59 cities in December, a...

When chatting with Chinese, know your emojis

A collection of popular emojis on instant messaging software QQ in China.

Prepare for Sanlitun Traffic Mayhem this Weekend as City Adjusts Traffic Rules

New traffic restrictions will be introduced this Saturday (Jan 30) in and around Sanlitun in an attempt to end the perpetual traffic jam at the i...

Incentives needed to boost urbanization's full benefits

China must overcome hesitancy on the part of both municipal governments and rural residents in order to boost the numbers of migrants settling in...

Agency plans expansion of duty-free

Li Jinzao, head of the China National Tourism Administration, said on Friday that one of the major tasks in 2016 is to expand the tax refund poli...