Communities and sub-districts in Beijing

The city of Beijing has four levels of administraton division, namely the local city government, districts, subdistricts and communities. Under Beijing Government we have 14 districts; under each district we have several subdistricts; under subdistricts, we have residential communities or neighbourhoods in Beijing. Beijing also has two counties under its administration. Subdistricts are the smallest…

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Chinese Paper Cuts for Window Decoration

Chinese Lunar New Year (popularly known as Chinese Spring Festival) 2012 is around the corner, which falls on a 7-day holiday Jan 22 – 29, 2012. One way to jazz the festive atmosphere, is to stick paper cuts to windows. Chinese paper cutting decorates windows, are also colloquially called “Chuang Hua”, literally meaning”Window Flowers”. Paper cuts crafters cut paper with scissors or knife. Paper cutting…

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Gala Lunch Beijing

China has a rich eating culture. One important aspect of the eating culture is its networking function. To close a deal, we eat; to negotiate, we eat; after a meeting or conference, we eat; family or friends getting together. we eat and the eating list could be much longer. Chinese people  have a rich variety of reasons…

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