ATMs in Beijing

When I was last in Beijing, I relied on ATMs to get cash. However, because I have a bank account with Chase, and because Chase doesn’t seem to have any ATMs in Beijing, I was constantly paying fees. This time around, I’d like to set up a free account with a (non-Chinese?) bank which has [...]

Beijing’s Penis Emporium

In this BBC article, you can read about government officials eating penis hotpot and discover all of the various types of animal penis available to eat in the Beijing restaurant Guolizhuang, which claims to be China’s only penis emporium:
There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, [...]

Smelly cab, smelly cab, why won’t they ride in you?

I have to compare the way China Daily and the NYT report on big events for one of my classes. While I was looking around ChinaDaily.com.cn for some foreign news stories not covered by the AP, I noticed, out of the corner of my eye, this great headline:
“Smelly taxis warned to tarnish Beijing’s image in [...]