Getting tested for COVID-19 isn’t as bad as you think. At the outset of Beijing’s second wave in mid-June, there were a number of videos and photos making the rounds on social media that showed hordes of people standing in haphazard, nebulous lines waiting to get tested.
As we embrace the recent spate of record temperatures, let us refresh and replenish our body with some of the best local summer beverages around.
Beijing residents have rushed to buy train and plane tickets out of the city after the local government announced on Jul 4 that residents from low-risk Beijing districts are permitted to travel without proof of a negative test. But strict controls remain on people from medium and high-risk areas.
Located by the Sixth Ring Road in the north-east of the city, at the junction between Chaoyang, Shunyi, and Tongzhou districts, Dongjiao Wetland Park is an expansive and bucolic 3-square-kilometer space home to a lake, several ponds, a white sand beach, and a 35km-long fitness trail.