Dan Edwards

Chocolate lovers of Beijing unite! Last year it was announced a chocolate wonderland was coming to Beijing early in 2010. The World Chocolate Dream Park is now set to open on January 29 on the Olympic Green.

Eighty tons of Belgium chocolate will be sculptured into an array of items and replicas of famous sites, including the famous Terra Cotta Warriors and the Great Wall. Visitors will have a chance to taste some of the chocolate on display, as well as try their hand at chocolate sculpting.

The park looks like it will make for a fun day for families, as well as chocolate lovers and fans of Chinese kitsch. You can check out the World Chocolate Dream Park website (in Chinese only) here.

World Chocolate Dream Park runs from January 29-April 10.

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Feeling crappy in a way you can't quite put your finger on? Here’s why. After a few days of clear skies last week (nothing to do with President Obama’s visit we’re sure), air pollution readings in Beijing were once again off the scale yesterday.

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News this morning is that Beijing United Family Hospital has confirmed they now have the H1N1 (better known as Swine Flu) vaccine available free of charge. The hospital began offering shots over the weekend.

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The restoration of Beijing’s imperial infrastructure continues, with the recent unveiling of a small park-like passage along the banks of a Tonghui He tributary, winding its way diagonally between Di’anmen Waidajie and Di’anmen Dongdajie near Houhai.

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USA Today ran a story this week confirming what a casual glance at any supermarket shelf would suggest – that the majority of breakfast cereals aimed at kids are packed with sugar and low in fiber.

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An update of last week's post: Qing Feng Gong Yuan （庆风公园), the park along the Tonghui River at the intersection of Guo Mao and the Third Ring Road, has been completed (more or less). 

Check out Dan Edwards post on the beijinger website for some updated pics of how the finished park looks.