March 2010

Agenda Apr 1-Apr 14: Jobs Seek You

The Beijing Job Fair is coming to town on April 17th – a chance to land your dream job. Inside the new issue of Agenda – out now, and available around town – we Spotlight the job fair organizers from chinajob.com as they tell us all about all the opportunity and excitement to expect from their event.

This issue also Spotlights Iron Chefs Morio Sakayori of Morio J-Cuisine and David Mitford of Grange, as well as two contrasting approaches to fun and fitness – Nia and the Hash House Harriers.

In The List, we sort out options for Beijing’s best salads, scintillating shopping in the Guomao area, where to go to appreciate spring flower blossoms, and an introduction to the hearty cuisines of China’s frontier lands.

Along with two fabulous weeks of events, a fresh batch of Try These venue recommendations and much more, this is another can’t-miss issue.

Agenda Mar 11-Mar 31: Kunqu Club, Sugar Rub, Cocktail Tubs, Pub Grub

… And much, much more, in the newest issue of Agenda – out now, available around town.

Another fine batch of Spotlight feature interviews glean insight from several of Beijing’s dramatic and daring, such as Kunqu actress Shao Tianshuai, chef Christelle Helf of The Olive, and art/design duo Rania Ho and Wang Wei. We also hear about fishbowl cocktails and Australian-style recreation from Gabriel Polias of Tangla Beijing, as well as what it’s like to brave the world of American reality television, from Ping Wu, Project Runway’s first Chinese contestant.

In The List, this issue sorts out fine options for yoga studios, dependable menswear outlets, bars with great food, and sweet Chinese dishes for spring.

Along with three fabulous weeks of events, a fresh batch of Try These venue recommendations and much more, it's another can’t-miss issue!

the Beijinger Mar 2010: Books. Verses. Shelves.

As A.A. Milne said "You cannot tell a man by the lobster he eats, but you can tell something about him by the literature he reads, " so there you go. With that in mind we took a good snoop at some Beijinger's bookshelves and the results were, well, you can find out for yourself in the March issue of the Beijinger.

There's much more inside the magazine than that. For a start there's a cut-out-and-keep Guy Delisle comic (more accurately it's a cut-out-and-fold-into-a-mini-zine-and-keep comic). You don't see those everyday. We've got interviews with Junot Diaz, Benjamin Zephaniah and Steve Connell plus handy advice on getting published for budding writers. There's also a Lu Guang photo essay on pollution in China, drum & bass bad boys The Syndicate and a chat with China's Tom Waits, Zuxiao Zuzhou. All of that and all the regular columns too - Fashion 5-0 tackles geek chic and Inspect-a-gadget casts an eye on e-book readers - plus reviews of the hottest new restaurants and bars.

Next month we turn Milne's quote on it's head with our annual Reader Restaurant Awards issue. Let's see if we can tell something about Beijingers from the lobster that they eat. Until then here's the March issue in full: