things to do

This weekend offers an abundance of fun filled kid-friendly activities from charity events to festivals and fairs that highlight the coming of summer. 

• Read more

Beijing Halloweens past and present for the author's daughter

It's Halloween weekend in Beijing and as usual there's tons to do this with the family ... we've got 29 family-friendly Halloween events in Beijing currently listed on our site here. For a comprehensive day-to-day action plan for Halloween this weekend, see our weekly Top Picks newsletter here.

But perhaps Halloween's not your thing -- that's ok, there's 40 family-friendly things to do this weekend  that have nothing at all to do with Halloween in amongst the 60+ events currently listed in our online events section here... fun things like:

• Read more

September is when Beijing's social calendar starts getting crowded -- and this weekend is no exception.

• Read more

A miniature beach paradise awaits you ... in the middle of downtown Beijing

In addition to a Saturday and Sunday packed with events (see our weekend picks in our newsletter here), there's Monday to think about -- the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional holiday that's only been recently added to the ranks of days off of work and school.

For those expecting Beijing's waterways to be chock-a-block with colorful racing boats, I have some bad news for you -- dragon boat racing is much more of a southern Chinese thing, and while cities around the country host fancy races that attract people from all over, Beijing has yet to put together a spectator-worthy spectacle.

• Read more