Food at Your Fingertips: Ordering Takeouts the Easy Way
If you’re at your wits’ end over what to cook, then don’t fret, as getting…
Browsing: Lifestyle Guides
Sustainable in the City: Maintaining a Zero Waste Lifestyle in Beijing
For many Westerners who have come to China, it’s like landing in an alternative universe…
Exit Strategy: Tips to Make Your Big Move Hassle-Free
“After death and divorce, moving house is the third most stressful life event,” so goes…
Cover Story, Part 1: Medical Insurance – Why You Need It and How to Get It?
A trip to the doctor isn’t cheap, especially to an international hospital. Healthcare costs can…
Beijing with a Bump: What to Expect When Expecting in Beijing
We can imagine what you must be going through upon finding out that you are…
Beijing Neighborhood Guide: Shunyi, Beigao, and Laiguangying (顺义, 北皋和, 来广营)
Shunyi and its environment is catered primarily for families. The school community and sports activities…
Help Is on Hand: Finding and Keeping an Ayi in Beijing
Relatively affordable domestic help is one of the luxuries of expat life in China. Not…
Beijing Neighborhood Guide: Wangjing and Lido (望京和丽都)
Wangjing and Lido lie halfway between Shunyi and downtown Beijing. These areas are popular with…
Wheel Life: Is Driving Really Worth the Mafan?
When we arrived in Beijing four years ago with our two kids and pregnant with…
Beijing Neighborhood Guide: Central Business District and Shuangjing (北京商务中心, 双井)
Sandwiched in a four square kilometer area between the Third and Fourth Ring Roads, the…