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Home, Home, I’m Coming Home

Reuniting with families is the essence of Chinese Spring Festival.  But buying train tickets during this period is one of the biggest headaches for most people, especially the migrant workers who are reluctant to pay 50 or 100 RMB extra per ticket to Huang Niu/Piao Fanzi (Ticket Scalpers).

So they came to the train stations [...]

A Taste of Darkness on Halloween

Behemoth, legendary Polish metal heads, linked up with Bhelliom from Singapore, Truth Corroded from Australia, and an unknown Japanese trash metal band on Halloween at Mao Live House in Beijing.
Check out the vid. You will not find Behemoth’s performance because we were told not to take pictures and videos due to copyright issues. I said [...]

Time For Some Great Outdoors at Fragrant Hills (Xiangshan)

The 2008 Xiangshan Red Leaves Festival officially started today. Time to leave the stress, routines, and pollution behind and breathe some fresh and sweet air at Fragrant Hills.
The name of the hills was not derived from the aroma around the area as you may have imagined, but rather the shape of the hills. Looking at [...]

City Tour Buses In Beijing

On July 20th, Beijing city tour buses started operating. Beijing has finally got its own city tour buses, comparing with other major cities overseas.
There are only 2 routes at the moment, far from enough to cover all the fantastic spots of the city, but this is just a start. Tourists, natives and foreigners alike, have [...]