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Johnnie Walker House Beijing: Gilded palace of scotch

Descending the stairs into the depths of the opulent Johnnie Walker House (you can take the lift), you’ll smell the masculinity – it’s quite pleasant, actually. A blend of sandalwood...

by Robert Foyle Hunwick, 21 February 2014

We spoke to Mary Kay Magistad about leaving China after 19 years

A recovering foreign correspondent's prognosis.

by Robert Foyle Hunwick, 12 February 2014

New Bar: Happy Beer House

The so-called Happiness Index is used by economists to measure national quality of life in more holistic terms than GDP, using indices such as Environmental, Mental and Political Wellness....

by Robert Foyle Hunwick, 07 February 2014

New Bar: Commix

Sandwiched between Frost Nails and Back Alley Bistro there now sits Commix, a pleasant but utterly unremarkable bar that has appeared in newly hip Xingfucun like a boozy remnant of the...

by Robert Foyle Hunwick, 07 February 2014

New Restaurant: Oyster Talks

This place shucks

by Robert Foyle Hunwick, 28 January 2014

New Restaurant: Taikiku

Wandering into Taikiku, a Japanese place close to Xiaoyun Lu that opened this fall, anyone who’s ever been to Lucky Street knows what to expect.

by Robert Foyle Hunwick, 13 January 2014

Meme of the month: Super Mario Plenum

How CCTV used gaming's most famous pixellated plumber to make last month's Third Plenum marginally less tedious.

by Robert Foyle Hunwick, 04 December 2013

We taste test McDonald's new Spicy Pork McBites

Finally Ronald and co. have got their act together and come up with a pork McNugget – it looks like the chicken variety, but does it actually taste any different?

by Robert Foyle Hunwick, 14 November 2013