Blog Author - Paul Pennay

Guo'an Take on Australia's Newcastle Jets Tomorrow Night at Gongti
It could be a triumphant return to form for the local Beijing team as they come home to Workers' Stadium for the 2009 season which kicks off on Mar...
Links of the Week: Taobao Field Guide, Bespoke Beijing and Savour Asia
We’ve been sending out our weekly 7 Days in Beijing e-mail newsletter on Thursday evenings for...
Testing Times: Beijing’s Civil Service Examination
Since Spring Festival, the papers have been full of images of students crowding large job fairs across the city as record numbers...
Rain Makers
The rain that finally broke Beijing's 110-day dry spell fell...
Run Rabbit, Run: White Rabbit Open Again
Back from the death, or what was a rather firmly shut door, there is good news from White Rabbit. Those doors will...
CCTV on Fire
At about 9pm this evening, the boot-shaped building to the north of the new CCTV Headquarters caught fire. The building is known as...
Beijing in Pictures: Job Fairs, Intangible Heritage and Silk Street Round Two
Though it may resemble the aisles of Carrefour on a busy Sunday afternoon, it's actually a shot of just some of the 100,000 60,000 people who...