Blog Author - Dan Edwards

Man Dies After Playing Computer Games for 27 Days in a Row
Every so often reports surface of computer gamers who sit glued to their screens for so long it ends in their real-life...
Clear Skies & Possibly More Snow on the Way
It’s been a foggy (and unusually damp) week in Beijing, which has had the unfortunate effect of locking in all...
Enthralled to Suicidal: How Foreigners Experience Spring Festival
The smoke has finally cleared from the city (yeah ok, the smoke never really clears over Beijing, but at least the smoke directly...
Death Reported in Raffles Dongzhimen
Reports on various bulletin boards claim a man fell to his death inside the Raffles shopping center at Dongzhimen ...
Video Links: Dancing Beijing Police & Chunwan on Acid
Well folks, it’s officially the last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations (look out for those fireworks tonight), so to mark the occasion Beijing...
More Firework Restrictions as New Year Celebrations End Tomorrow
Tomorrow (Thursday) is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, also known as “Lantern Festival,” which officially...
Food for Thought: Some Added Bacteria With Your Meal?
  Communal meals are a key part of Chinese food culture, but it seems food isn’t the only thing that gets shared over dinner. Dr Richard’s most...
Win a Double Pass to  La Traviata!
The well-known opera La Traviata is coming to the National Center for the Performing Arts next week, and we have a double...