Beijing’s own football (soccer) team is the Guo An. I was able to go to a match, and I’ve never heard something so obscene being chanted in unison. Maybe the direct translation makes it seem worse only on the English side, but boy did they make sure everyone knew what they were saying. We won [...]
The 798 is definitely my favorite part of Beijing. I like industrious looking places. When they are converted to a different function, it’s even cooler. The 798 is a collection of different factories for military purposes. Once it was abandoned, the art community moved in. Now it’s bustling with galleries, small cafes, random art installations. [...]
Finding pleasant surprises in Chiners is money, especially if it’s a food item that you thought this place would never be good at. No More Bunz was introduced to us by Jason, who is pictured above. This post is also dedicated to him. The rest is history. This place has become a regular spot for [...]
The Temple of Heaven was pretty neat, but even neater was the old people community teeming right outside. It was busy, and they were straight up playing the er hu, doing coordinated dances with various items, playing them cards, singing, ballroom dancing, having impromptu choirs, tagging calligraphy with water. The place was insane, son. The [...]
Two things make this a keeper. The first thing is the Mao Harvest. We challenged our youth club to raise money for a good cause by collecting maos (Chinese equivalent of pennies), inspired by NYC’s Penny Harvest (hence the name). It was our first time doing this, but one thing that I have learned while [...]
It’s just one of those things that are indescribable. I can’t believe how loud and insane the whole city was in those few hours. If you can’t feel the concussions in your chest, you are not experiencing it enough. The highlight of the night was the now infamous, “white box”. Some good-willed strangers just came, [...]
I was so sad when I couldn’t catch their last tour in America, but to my surprise found out they were coming out to Chiners. Not only did I get my wish, but since the fan base is not so big here in China, we were able to get right up front. Even after, they [...]
In line with what Mike did before he left Chiners, I thought I would take some time to reminisce on my year here in this great country. I decided to stay away from any kind of list or ranking because that’s just stress and time that I don’t need. So, I will just randomly look [...]
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