It seems that Universal Studios is coming to Beijing and bringing with it a whole lotta Hollywood. Read More>>
The Beijing Heating Group has announced that from midnight on March 15 the city will have to start living without the good old central heating. Read More>>
According forecasts, Beijing will experience two of the most polluted days of the winter on March 10 and 11. Read More>>
Sorry folks, we know the last couples of days have been beautiful in the capital but sadly we must burst this bubble. Hazardous smog is on its way. Read More>>
As a way to encourage online booking, it has been announced that this year there will be a few days this year that you can entry the Forbidden City for free. Read More>>
From March 7 six new bus routes will be added in Beijing to help ease commuter congestion. Read More>>
Since March 2 Beijing has amped up the capital’s security. Those of you living in Beijing probably would have noticed a lot more police officers roaming the streets, and there are. Read More>>
Cold air blowing in off the sea has swept through Beijing and cleaned the air. The wind picked up on the evening of March 3 and slowly began dissipating the haze. By Tuesday morning, March 4, the sky was blue and visibility was high again. Read More>>
It has been announced that the construction of Beijing’s first monorail will begin soon and is expected to open sometime in 2015. Read More>>
From Feb 27 to March 5, Hong Kong Airlines will put a new round of budget tickets on sale, covering most of Hong Kong Airlines’ destinations. Read More>>
Beijing’s Meteorological Department says that the current batch of smog should dissipate within the next 90 hours. Meaning hopefully Thursday will be livable again. Read More>>
Since January 1 2014, Beijing police has made 1,900 arrests for violating the nation’s pornographic and drug laws. These include: prostitution, sex trafficking, gambling and buying or selling drugs. Read More>>
On February 18 Beijing municipal government announced new laws about what you can and can’t do the metro. If you are caught smoking, begging, lying down or eating you could be fined as much as 500 RMB… Read More>>
Beijing Metro’s newest line, line 14, will officially open its latest stop on February 15. The Qilizhuang station, which intersects line 9, will open tomorrow in the latest progression of what will in the future be the cities second longest metro line. Read More>>
British Airways recently announced their discount fares for 2014, flying from Beijing to continental Europe and the United Kingdom for as little as 3,300 RMB. Read More>>
Beijing enjoyed a record number of visitors over the past week. It is estimated that 9.75 million people came to Beijing to celebrate the New Year, a 12.3% increase on last year’s numbers. Read More>>
On February 6 Beijing Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission released the news that on February 4 a second person was admitted to hospital suffering from the H7N9 bird flu virus. Read More>>
On January 20, AirChina announced a new route and it is a goodie. You can now fly direct from Beijing to Hawaii. Read More>>
Beijing’s police force has issued a continuance of the crackdown on three areas of the city where prostitution has been historically bad. Read More>>
A 73 year old man died from Flu in Beijing on January 23, making him Beijing’s first Flu related death this year. Read More>>
At 06:00 this morning Beijing’s PM2.5 levels reached 371, and the government issued a blue warning. By lunchtime the levels had dropped to 285, which is still considered hazardous. The blue warning remains. Read More>>
The 2014 Jinxiu Jiangshan year long tourism tickets go on sale from January 15 and the cost of this gem of a ticket is only 98 RMB. Read More>>
It took 16 days of 2014 for Beijing’s PM2.5 levels to reach the kind of levels we saw last year. Read More>>
Wangfujing Apm will be opening a huge H&M store on January 14. The store will have three floors of women’s, men’s and kids fashion. Read More>>