A Huangshan Affair

MARCH in Beijing is a time of hope, and despair. The Siberian winds that howl in from Mongolia begin to wane; renegade centigrades make a break for positive. Beijing may get warmer in the third month of the year, but the weather can still be abysmal. Expect encounters with the wild children of meteorology - sleet, hail, sandstorms - before spring truly arrives. For many residents, married to the city for the pre-Chinese New Year winter work slog, March is breaking point.     

Swisstel Beijing

Located in the heart of the Chinese capital's CBD, Swissotel Beijing is one of the best choices for business and leisure travelers to the city. Opened in 1991, the five-star hotel is the first obstacle-free hotel in Asia, and has a full range of facilities. As Europe and China are the two major sources of its clients, Swissotel Beijing offers the best of both Western and Eastern world - personal service, effi-     

Green Beijing

Beijingers are attaching more and more importance to the environment of their city. From assorted garbage to daily environment forecasts, and from restricting the emission of auto exhaust to the planting of trees and grass; all this has shown the longing Beijing residents have for a green environment. One of the major topics in the bid for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games is that of a "Green Olympics." The bid provides added incentive in the common aim to create a green city. This is our origi…     

Live in Huiyuan Apartments, and enjoy 21st century cyberspace

The Huiyuan Apartment complex is located within the Beichen Finance and Trade Citynear the Beijing Asian Games Village, and is owned by the Beichen Industrial CompanyLimited. Consisting of eight buildings, the apartments are beautifully structured, and featurean innovative architecture design. Huiyuan caters for foreign residents. Rooms within this 736 apartment complex are fully furnished, and equipped with theessential facilities of kitchen and laundry, all in a refined decor. The apartments are in the     

Stay Positive,Test Negative

<正>A diary of the life in a Beijing community just out of a lockdown It’s May 18.My community in east downtown Beijing is buzzing,livelier than ever before.It’s the first day after a23-day lockdown of the community was lifted.Residents with a temporary pass now can exit and enter the community freely.I volunteered to make and deliver temporary passes for residents.When I handed the tiny cards to them,I could see the excitement sparkling in their eyes.     

Live in Huiyuan Apartments,and enjoy 21st century cyberspace

The Huiyuan Apartment complex is located within the Beichen Finance and Trade City near the Beijing Asian Games Village, and is owned by the Beichen Industrial Company Limited. Consisting of eight buildings, the apartments are beautifully structured, and feature an innovative architectural design. Huiyuan caters for foreign residents.Rooms within this 736 apartment complex are fully furnished, and equipped with the essential facilities of kitchen and laundry, all in a refined decor. The apartments are in the     

Is Beijing’s Dialect In Need of Protection?

正Beijing released China’s frst survey on the healthiness of the capital’s dialect in late May, revealing that students in middle schools know less and less about it. Therefore, Beijing has begun to try to open courses on this and related cultural activities on campus, with a view to protecting and spreading the local tongue.With the infux of people from all over the country, standard Putonghua is now the dominant language among Beijing’s residents, so     

Eye on Improvement

Issues concerning agriculture,rural areas and rural people have always been the centerpiece of the Chinese Governments work.In line with this,the Central Rural Work Conference was held on December20-21,2019,in Beijing to outline the roadmap for the country’s work in this area for2020.In 2019,agricultural production maintained a sound momentum,satisfying the country’s demands for food,with grain output reaching a historical high.Rural society maintained harmony and stability,and the rural vitalization strategy brought policy and financial dividends to rural development. The per-capita disposable income of rural residents has continued to increase,while their material and spiritual life has improved and their sense of happiness grown.     

Live in Huiyuan Apartments,and enjoy 21st century cyberspace

The Huiyuan Apartment complex is located within the Beichen Finance and Trade Citynear the Beijing Asian Games Village, and is owned by the Beichen Industrial CompanyLimited. Consisting of eight buildings, the apartments are beautifully structured, and featurean innovative architectural design. Huiyuan caters for foreign residents.Rooms within this 736 apartment complex are fully furnished, and equipped with theessential facilities of kitchen and laundry, all in a refined decor. The apar…     

Live in Huiyuan Apartments,and enjoy 21st century cyberspace

The Huiyuan Apartment complex is located within the Beichen Finance and Trade City near the Beijing Asian Games Village, and is owned by the Beichen Industrial Company Limited. Consisting of eight buildings, the apartments are beautifully structured, and feature an innovative architectural design. Huiyuan caters for foreign residents.Rooms within this 736 apartment complex are fully furnished, and equipped with the essential facilities of kitchen and laundry, all in a refined decor. The apartments are in the categories of luxury and economy, the former comprising four bedrooms and two sitting rooms, the latter consisting of one bedroom and one sitting room, thereby meeting both family and single tenant residential requirements.Special services are offered to customers free of charge, such as baby-sitting, household chores, including vacuuming, ironing, shopping and cooking, and provision of everyday household necessities. This service initiated by Huiyuan is the first of its kind in Beijing.Twenty-four-h     

Live in Huiyuan Apartments,and enjoy 21st century cyberspace

The Huiyuan Apartment complex is located within the Beichen Finance and Trade Citynear the Beijing Asian Games Village,and is owned by the Beichen Industrial CompanyLimited.Consisting of eight buildings,the apartments are beautifully structured,and featurean innovative architectural design.Huiyuan caters for foreign residents. Rooms within this 736 apartment complex are fully furnished,and equipped with theessential facilities of kitchen and laundry,all in a refined decor.The apartments are in thecategories of luxury and economy,the former comprising four bedrooms and two sittingrooms,the latter consisting of one bedroom and one sitting room,thereby meeting bothfamily and single tenant residential requirements.     

A New Opportunity for an International Education in Beijing

A building that recently appeared in the embassy area near the Lufthansa Shopping Center in Beijing's Chao-yang District has aroused the interest of local Beijing residents. It is the newly constructed Capital International School (CIS), sponsored by the Chinese government and the education authority of New Brunswick, Canada. The school, with its advanced, international standard teaching methods, offer the best opportunity for an international education in Beijing. Classes start this September.     

Winter Sports Heat Up

正This winter,most re gions in China have seen snow,and even south China,where snow is rare,has been hit by blizzards.While causing inconvenience to travelers,snow is fueling the country’s winter sports industry.The rise of winter sports is partly attributable to Beijing’s success in bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics,followed by the state’s publicity efforts and also scientific planning and management of the winter sports industry.After Beijing won the bid to host     

FINDING WARMTH AT THE WORKPLACE

With“staying local for the Spring Festival”becoming the norm this year,the number of railway passengers has dropped significantly,something Lan Xuechun,a 32-year-old stewardess working at the Beijing Railway Unlike the holiday period in the previous years when the station bustled with travelers,this year it looks quiet.Lan,who wears goggles,a face mask and gloves,told Beijing Review,“I can fully understand what‘sacrificing for others’means.”This is Station,has noticed.     

Should Names of Criminals Be Included In City Annals?

Naming and shaming criminals is nothing new, but recording their nefarious deeds for all time brings a new twist to this method of understanding and dealing with the social issue of crime. Chuzhou, a city in east China's Anhui Province, stirred up a hornet's nest of controversy in early February when the city fathers decided to include the names of past and present criminals convicted of serious crimes in the local annals. Local residents opposed to this move argued that this blatant form of discrimination would have a negative impact on the     

Job Fair for Foreigners,Beijing,2007

The Job Fair for Foreigners, to be held in Beijing on April 21, is in its planning stage. Last year’s job fair was held in the Swissotel Beijing and plans are underway to reserve the hotel again for this year’s fair.Chinajob.com, as the host of the previous four job fairs, will continue to sponsor the fifth event especially for foreign teachers     

A Street With History

A mixture of old and new,entertainment and business,Beijing's Xidan Street is a booming area that attracts scores of visitors About 2 km west of Tiananmen Square is Xidan Street,one of the most famous com- mercial areas in Beijing and once the home of temples and entertainment venues. Xidan was a burgeoning commercial area as early as the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). At that time,businessmen,travelers and traders from southwest China used to stop in Xidan before heading for other parts of Beijing.They fuelled a boom in shops,markets,     

A NIGHT ON THE TOWN

Traveling to Beijing for the fi rst time? Don't get caught in, out, or up by cultural shocks. Know how things should - and shouldn't - be done to ensure your trip is a memorable one for all the right reasons. A PART from the international student center of Beijing Language and Culture University, there’s hardly a more cosmopolitan place in this city than the bar street (jiubajie) of Sanlitun. There you’ll f ind revelers from every country imagin- able, along with plenty of local punters,…     

THIS WEEK

Beijing Review has undergone a redesign for 2012,creating a fresh look for readers of the magazine that has informed domestic and international audiences about China for over five decades. We warmly encourage readers to interact with our editors and reporters via the e-mail addresses provided in each edition and offer more crucial feedback to help the quality of articles and the diversity of opinions and viewpoints.     

Beijing Roast Duck

Beijing Roast Duck has become a not only nationwide but also worldwide recognized culinary creation. But this dish had existed much earlier as a delicacy for the aristocracy before 1864 when the Quanjude (Repository of All Virtues), the original roast duck restaurant, was opened in the Qianmen Street of Beijing.The cooking process is long and complicated one. First of all, the duck is scaled in boiling water, coated with molasses, pumped with air, and then hung up to dry for as long as 48 hours. Then it is slowly and evenly roasted over a fire of peach,