March 2015 ~ Page 5 of 5 ~ Beijing Boyce

De Refter: Beijing’s Brand-New Belgian Beer Bar

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A heads up that Belgian beer bar De Refter has opened in Sanlitun South, across from The Rug, around the corner from Nanjie, and in the same building as Home Plate but on the opposite side. A […]

Fun and Games? | Ten memories on the Beijing Olympics’ tenth anniversary

By Jim Boyce | The Olympics began a decade ago today. After seven years of hesitation, frustration and anticipation, Beijing was hours from the opening ceremony. Would it rain during those painstakingly practiced performances? Would […]
Catch the spirit | Five places to World Baijiu Day in Beijing

By Jim Boyce | With 20 billion bottles per year, baijiu represents a third of global spirits sales, but is surprisingly little-known beyond its home base of China. Also, the thought of baijiu makes many […]
Face value | The ‘real Beijing’ during the 2008 Olympics

Welcome to my 2008 Beijing Olympics ten-year flashback series. The authorities spent a great deal of energy encouraging citizens to put their best foot forward. How successful were they? My results from a one-hour non-scientific study. [Originally posted […]
Sting operation | Foreign’s media’s infatuation with scorpions on sticks

No Beijing Olympic Flashback series would be complete without covering the media’s obsession with a food that is about as common to the average Beijinger as sea cucumber is to New Yorkers: scorpions on a […]
Beijing Olympics flashback | The decathlon-esque bar crawl

Ten years ago today, the one-week countdown for the 2008 Beijing Olympics began. The opening ceremony on August 8 would double as a coming out party for China and capture the world’s attention, for the breathtaking […]
On the double double | Tim Horton’s to open 1500-plus shops in China

By Jim Boyce | Canadians will soon see a familiar brand in China as Tim Hortons, purveyors of comforting if somewhat mediocre coffee, plans to open over 1,500 shops. “We have already seen Canada’s Chinese community […]
Crazy Good Booze Deal | Sharing alcohol specials in Beijing

By Jim Boyce | I just started the WeChat group Crazy Good Booze Deals to share superb wine, whiskey and other specials in Beijing with my friends. These will be occasional deals, such as when […]
Pow-za Baozza! Global Times claims baozi-pizza snack ‘ridiculing’ Chinese, Western cuisine

By Jim Boyce | State-owned medium Global Times just cooked up a heaping serving of culinary cultural appropriation shade with a side dish of WTF. In this slide show, it takes aim at “baozza”, the tasty pizza-baozi […]