Category: Society & Culture
The Cruelty and Controversy of Beijing’s Black Market for Dogs
From poodles to Labradors to Tibetan mastiffs, one cannot walk five minutes along Rixin East Road, in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, without being stopped by someone trying to sell you a dog. But it’s the xingqi quan, or “week-long […]
Gangs of Beijing
A look into Beijing’s tight-knit and diverse communities Part I: Ultras (above) Part II: Cosplayers Part III: Anti-imperialist dancing grannies Cover Story in That’s Beijing, September 2014 issue
Tearing Down Gulou
You know something is up when – as a customer – you have to be smuggled in and out of a bar. The Drum and Bell bar in Gulou looks shut, the curtains are drawn […]
An American Saturday in Nice
A miniature version of the Statue of Liberty now sits on Nice’s seafront The brand new layout of the Quai des Etats Unis features a bronze miniature copy of the Statue of Liberty, which was […]
Twenty nine years of heartfelt charity
The Restos du Coeur lauched their 29th winter campaign on Monday The ‘Les Restos du Coeur’ charity has started its winter campaign to feed the poor for the 29th consecutive year. Each winter, it is […]
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