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Relax at Rylinwon Resort & Spa

Posted 8:00am Sun Aug 21st, 2011 by dibeijing
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Summer heat getting you down? Take some time away from stress and bring your kids to Rylinwon Resort & Spa, a five-star hot springs hotel and all-in-one getaway nestled in the suburbs of Beijing.
 

Dinner at Tairyo Teppanyaki

Posted 5:00pm Fri Aug 19th, 2011 by dibeijing
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If your kids are the antsy type, this family-friendly teppanyaki restaurant—often affectionately dubbed the “Benihana of Beijing”—may be the place for you. Keeping kids entertained when dining out can be quite a challenge, but with the food grilling in aromatic splendor before their eyes, boredom is hardly an option here. Teppanyaki, or 铁板烧 (tie ban shao, or “iron griddle cooking”) in Chinese, is a style of Japanese cuisine that combines show and food by bringing the kitchen right before your hungry eyes. All dishes are cooked by expert teppanyaki chefs on an iron griddle that makes up the center of the table, with seats surrounding it for ideal viewing.
 

Boba, boba, boba!

Posted 2:00pm Fri Aug 19th, 2011 by dibeijing
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Ah, boba. That hyper-sugary delight, the Kryptonite of many a sweet-toothed child. For those unfamiliar with the term, “boba” is one of many names for a super-sweet tea drink that originated in the tiny tea shops of Taichung, Taiwan in the 1980s. The drink, also known as bubble tea or pearl milk tea (珍珠奶茶 zhen zhu nai cha), is named for the balls of tapioca starch it contains, though the term has since broadened in scope to contain the wide variety of teas, smoothies and milkshakes served up by drinks shops such as Mr. Fruits and itea. It’s especially well-loved among kids, who can’t get enough of the endless flavors and giant straws that make it such a novelty.
 

A Science Museum Makeover

Posted 8:00am Sat Aug 13th, 2011 by beijingkids
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The original China Science and Technology Museum located on the north Third Ring Road (and not to be confused with the newer facility, which opened last year at the Olympic Forest Park) is set for a radical makeover, courtesy of award-winning architects KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten International.

Dating back to 1988, the museum was the first of its kind in China and featured an iconic geodesic dome that houses an "Astro-Vision Theater," among other attractions. Based on the artistic renderings, the new design looks far more grandiose, and, according to evolo.us, features a "floating structure measuring 133.5m x 133.5m, which rises above the pedestal building at a height of around 20m."

This roof is supported by numerous, extremely slender columns, which, based on the image of a bamboo grove, form a concentrated forest of columns. They create a spatial transition from the public road to the scientific exhibition area


Beanstalk International Kindergarten to open Wanda Plaza branch

Posted 1:00pm Wed Jun 29th, 2011 by admin
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Beanstalk International Kindergarten Wanda branch

Parents looking to send their kids to an international kindergarten in Beijing have a plethora of options. That said, it never hurts to have one more.

On July 1, Beanstalk International Bilingual School (BIBS) will open the doors to its newest campus: the Beanstalk International Kindergarten, Wanda Branch.

Beanstalk International Kindergarten Wanda branch

This will be Beanstalk's second kindergarten and its fourth campus, the other two being their primary school and their middle/high school.


US public high school recruits Chinese students, sparks bitter backlash

Posted 4:00pm Wed Jun 22nd, 2011 by gckwan
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Millinocket, Maine's Stearns High School will be welcoming a large number of Chinese high schoolers this fall

In a time of heated academic competition, many Chinese parents are turning to what might be seen as desperate measures to get their kids ahead. It is becoming increasingly common for parents in the mainland to send their children to high schools overseas—particularly in the United States—in hopes that a foreign education will put them on the fast track to academic success. While the majority of Chinese students heading off to the US for secondary school attend competitive private schools in wealthy areas, Millinocket, Maine’s 200-student Stearns public high school attracted the attention of The New York Times for its decision to recruit students from China.


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