We were helping a friend looking for an apartment in Beijing for the upcoming Olympic Games.  But turns out our friend got a sweet “House swaping” deal with one Chinese family during the olympics.  We feel bad for the apartment owner, so we are posting the apartment information here.  Maybe it will be helpful for [...]

The second round of 2008 Olympics ticket is just about to start. According to Beijing Olympic official website, the tickets sale will start in the next two weeks. This time, the tickets will be sold as first come first serve. You can either order the tickets by going to tickets.beijing2008.com or order [...]

With millions foreigners and Chinese rushing into Beijing for the Olympics, Beijing hospitality availability becomes a big problem.  From some news I read a few days ago, most of the hotels are already booked full.  Where are you going to stay in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics? I found a squidoo page online that suggests some [...]

“Mid-Autumn Festival” which is also known as the “Zhong Qiu Jie” in Chinese, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. This year it falls on September 25th.  Mid-Autumn is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon – an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony [...]

Beijing Pop Festival will be held in Chaoyang Park on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9. Don’t let the name fool you, the festival is nothing “pop” but everything “Rock n’ Roll”. This year’s line up is especially awesome. Including two of my personal favorites, Wan Xiaoli (万晓利）and Nin Inch Nails. Wan Xiaoli’s [...]

Happy Valley Theme Park opened since summer 2006. This summer the park offers a discounted Night admission. Visitors can enjoy perfomances and parades from 7pm till 10 pm. The park consists of six themed regions respectively named “Bay Forrest”, “Atlantis”, “the Lost Maya”, “Aegean Harbor”, “Shangri-La” and “Kingdom of Ants”. The [...]

Most Chinese remember being told this romantic tragedy when they were children on Qixi, or the Seventh Night Festival, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which is usually in early August. This year it falls on Sunday, August 19. If it rains heavily on that night, some elderly Chinese [...]

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” the last book of the Harry Potter book had a synchronized world book release in Beijing. Fans of the series lined up at 7am outside of Wang Fu Jing Xinhua Book Store. The fans are mostly foreigners living in Beijing, since the book is in English. [...]

According to Chinese lunar calendar, June 19th is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is a famous traditional festival – Duanwu festival.For thousands of years, Duanwu has been marked by eating Zongzi and racing dragon boats. The taste of Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo or reed [...]

Olympic Tickets are now available for applications, You have 30 days left before the ticket application deadline of June 30, 2007. Get the more information at Beijing Olympic Official Website.