Blog Tag - Masks

Masks No Longer Compulsory, Beijing Subway Says
The Beijing Subway will continue to recommend passengers to wear masks but will not compel them to do so -- nor will they prevent any maskless riders...
Beijing Schools Mark End of Mandatory Mask Policy
The long wait is finally over for teachers, staff, and students in Beijing who have been required to wear masks for most of the past three years. On...
Mask After Vax? And Other Mask Questions Answered
The past year has seemingly turned us all into mini-epidemiologists, forced to learn the science behind how one particular virus spreads in order to...
Here Are Some Things to Consider Before You Go Completely Mask-Free
Speaking at yesterday’s national COVID-19 daily update, the National Health Commission State Council announced that "there is no need to wear masks...
Lose the Mask for Outdoor Sports but Keep Them on for Subway Rides, says Beijing CDC
Beijing’s Center for Disease Control (Beijing CDC) announced at a press conference Thursday that mask-wearing will no longer be necessary for outdoor...
Fines for Spitting, Defecating, and Littering to Increase as of May 1
Beijing has a reputation of making rules and banning bad behaviors without mentioning what the punishments will be but this week, city rule-makers...
The Plight of One Drunken Foreigner in Beijing Reminds Us That Masks Are Still Required
With Beijing reporting three days in a row with no new infections as well as the first instance of no new infections nationwide, it appears that...
Trending in Beijing: Cats Hit With Darts, Tracking Predators Gets Smart, and When Will Masks Depart?
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this? Trending in Beijing is a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, ...
Ship Masks Back Home for Less than RMB 300
Beijing seems to have leaped the hump of the epidemic and is facing a downhill battle as long as it can, fingers crossed, prevent imported cases from...
Mask Wearing and Open Sneezing Soon To Be Officially Frowned Upon by Law
As of Thursday, the hashtag "Beijing writes mask-wearing into the law" (#北京将流感须戴口罩写进法条#) began trending on Weibo, indicating that not covering your...
You No Longer Need to Wear a Mask... Except When Within Kissing Distance
Just as the reaction to the coronavirus reaches new levels of bedlam in the West, there are signs that the shackles of life under quarantine are...
How to Tell Whether Your Mask is Real or Fake
As Beijingers, we're no stranger to masks but the coronavirus has completely redefined our relationship with them. Once objects synonymous with ...
Can Masks Protect You From the Coronavirus?
This post comes courtesy of Smart Air, a social enterprise and registered B-Corp dedicated to helping people in China breathe clean air without...
Government Launches Service to Help Unmask China's Mask Scammers
It’s a truly sad state of affairs when the world is facing a tragedy and people out there see an opportunity for monetary gain. Such is the case...
Sign Up for Taobao, and Beat the Face Mask Scammers
With the coronavirus lockdown looking to run deep into February, you’re likely to start running out of essentials at home. Face masks have become...