Blog Tag - lockdown

Waimai Deliveries Taking Longer Than Usual? Here's Why
Since the city’s current round of Covid restrictions began to take effect around Nov 18, besides restaurant and venue closures, one thing is...
All Signs Point to Home Quarantine for Postive Covid Cases
Multiple people in Beijing are reporting first-hand that they or people they know have been allowed to quarantine at home after testing positive for...
What You Can Cook With Limited Ingredients
The last time Beijing went into "soft" lockdown earlier this year, we stumbled across a recipe website created by a Chinese college student in...
Venues Asked to Close or Halt In-House Dining in Chaoyang District Until Further Notice
Restaurants across Chaoyang District and other places around Beijing have reportedly been asked to close or stop in-house business until further...
Sanlitun's Courtyard No. 4 Reopens, While Universal Studios Remains Shut
And just like that, the Courtyard No. 4 complex in Sanlitun has reopened to the public today, Oct 27. This comes after the complex – which houses a...
Why Are Foreign Talents Leaving China? This Survey Provides Insight
A few months ago, when Shanghai and Beijing were dealing with Covid lockdowns, we asked readers if they’d be willing to take part in a survey...
Lockdown Essentials You Actually Need
If your compound isn’t locked down, you’re one of the lucky ones. Yours truly, on the other hand, is not quite as lucky. Earlier this week, in the...
Celebrate Beijing’s Reopening with These Events
It’s official the capital is finally back open, and Beijing’s many various venues, restaurants and bars have wasted no time, with many already...
Daily Delivery Deal: Journey Across the Middle East with These Dishes
The options to take your taste buds for a trip around the world are pretty amazing here in the capital – so we’re taking it upon ourselves to focus...
Daily Delivery Tour: Beer From Some of Beijing's Best Brewpubs
Despite an ease in restrictions being announced recently, there is still no sign of when in-dining might resume, so it’s just as important as ever to...
Lockdown Life Skills for Every Age Group
It looks like we will be spending at least a little more time at home and if you have kids of any age you are probably running out of ways to...
Daily Delivery Tour: Wine by the Glass
Having a glass of wine with a meal out is something I’m sure many of us enjoy. Almost all restaurants or bars will offer at least a house red and...
Hopelessly Tatiana Brings Entertainment to Your Home With Lock-in Listen
We are now almost one month into this semi-lockdown where, while most people are still able to go outside, pretty much every “fun” activity has been...
Drink Delivery: Cocktails
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: making cocktails is not my forte. But, luckily for me, despite the ongoing ban on in-house dining there...
Quarantine Here Quarantined There: The Shapes Isolation Takes in Beijing
On Monday my roommate woke me up with a bit of a shock. They’d gotten a call informing them that they’d been to the same place as a confirmed case,...