Blog Tag - Maovember 2017

DP The Gut-Rupturing Peppers Needed to be Polished Off for Prizes at Our Hot Chili Pepper Eating Contest This Saturday
The chili pepper has for millennia stopped humans dead in their tracks. How could such a small specimen present such crippling powers as to leave a...
Steps and the City: Mike Wester Reflects on His Intimate 900km Beijing Walk Before Tonight's Big Closing Party
Mike Wester will finish a month-long 900km walk for charity today that gave him a renewed sense of Beijing. Here are eight thoughts inspired by his...
Be Naughty and Nice: SantaCon and Maovember Team Up for Eighth Year of Cheer
SantaCon, the annual non-traditional, non-denominational, nonsensical celebration of the Christmas season that happens in hundreds of cities around...
DP 1.4 Billion and Not a Single Chili-Eater in Sight: Are You the Local Hero to Take on These Foreign Hordes?
You'd think that in a land with 1.4 billion people and with entire areas of the south known for little more than their population's penchant for...
A Piece of Cake: Bread of Life Bakery Gives Orphans Skills and a Better Outlook
At this point, we’ve blasted you with Maovember happenings and information for weeks. The Beijinger’s founder and CEO has walked 701km of his 900km...
Score a RMB 1,500 Bottle of Wine for a Mere RMB 100 at This Sunday's Mystery Wine Party
Maovember is an annual charity campaign that sees Beijing's bars, restaurants, and customers come together to raise awareness and money for charities...
A Spicy Battle of the Nations: TBJ's 7th Annual Chili Pepper Contest Needs You!
Come Saturday, Dec 2, the crowds will gather at Punjabi to see a spectacle unlike any other that Beijing has paid witness to. The electricity in the...
What’s Up in Beer: Maovember Dog Pub Crawl, New Brews Arriving, and Old Brews Returning
Dear beer-lovers, how was your Singles' Day shopping spree? How involved were you in the RMB 168.2 billion GMV for Alibaba Group? I feel your pain –...
Quiz, Corn, Canines, and More! Eclectic Events Abound as Maovember Enters Week Three
There's something for everyone during this year's Maovember. Yes, this is week three of the annual month-long run of charity pub and restaurant...
Cheers Dare You Win Your Weight in Wine (No Joke) This Moavember
Maovember continues with what is possibly the most enticing (or downright scary) opportunity to win stuff in the name of charity yet: Cheers Wine is...
Maovember's Nov 9 Beer-Active Class Will Help You Get In Tip-Top Shape and Maybe a Little Tipsy
Worried that boozing will leave you with a beer belly? Fret not! Ankit Nayal, professional bodybuilder and personal trainer at BActive Fitness, will...
Maovember's Worthy Causes You Can Help Just by Showing up and Having Fun
From a project that provides needed furniture to marginalized schools, to a bakery that trains disabled orphans to be skilled, confident, and...
Mao-a-Thon Man! Can the Beijinger's Mike Wester Walk 900km in November?
Can this dude really walk 900 km in November? Or 100km on Nov 7 alone? What does he eat – besides berries and chocolate? And how does he remain sane...
Hairy Charity Practices: Maovember Turns Your Scruff Into Something Better
Using small change for big change is the principal behind the annual Maovember charity campaign. The "mao" refers to the coins worth a tenth of a...
R Getting Hairy for Charity: Maovember Finishes Up Its Successful Run
The mustaches were flaunted, the money was counted, and now Maovember coordinator Jim Boyce is ready to announce the results of his series of...