Blog Author - Anthony Tao

Carmen's Premiere at the National Center for the Performing Arts
The National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) was surely built with shows like Carmen in mind: productions that are big and...
Chinese Chocolate Wars & Doing Business in China
Cocoa and chocolate date back at least 2,000 years -- maybe up to 4,000, according to the latest evidence -- and have, in...
Laughing at Unreality: the 2nd Annual Beijing Improv Interactive Arts Festival
  The virtues of having a sense of humor in Beijing: rush hour traffic is seen as a burlesque of modernization; event organization...
Opening Eyes: Culture Yard & Chinese Movie Night
There are language schools and there are exchange centers, but few places have tried to fuse learning with cross-cultural promotion quite like...
Countdown to the End of Nanluoguxiang As We Love It?
"Greed," says King Tai, owner of the well known Korean restaurant ...
Worth Your While: Indie Films Exhibition Comes to Beijing
The ScreenOut Film Exhibition, sponsored by Southern Metropolis Daily, began in Guangzhou in 2005 as a platform for showcasing...
iPads (unofficially) Arrive in Beijing
Apple’s iPad – either revolutionary or unnecessary, depending on who you ask –...
Kicks, Swings, Strokes and Tackles: Spring Sports in Beijing
It's finally the season for outdoor play, and there are plenty of places in Beijing to get on your kicks, swings, strokes, tackles and throws. Here’...
Get ORIENTED with Spirited Professionals this Thursday
Time to polish off your best “Where are you from? … What are you doing in China? … Oh how interesting!”s, because the global networking organization...