St. David's Society of Beijing will hold an Inaugural St. David's Day Ball at 6:30pm, Saturday 4th March, 2006 at the Kerry Centre Hotel Beijing, featuring Swansea Male Voice Choir. Please come and support your Society. Ticket: RMB800 includes 5 course meal, champagne cocktail reception, free bar and entertainment. Tickets are available at The Pavillion Bar/Restaurant. For more info call (8610) 6507 2617 or visit http://www.stdavidschina.org

Comments are working again, for those of you that tried to leave a comment and got an error message these past few days.  Even website features seem to like taking a vacation during spring festival. 

Due to the Spring Festival celebrations we have changed the program, therefore the YPHH Wine Night will take place on Wednesday, February 15. The new venue is 239 Bar and we will offer you some beautiful wines again incl. fingerfood for an entrance fee of RMB 100 per person only. More info and reservations via http://www.yphh.com

The monthly expenses of a migrant worker in China.

Total income: 770 yuan

Personal Expenses: 322 yuan

He has heard about the WTO, which he said is often in the news. But he does not understand politics or economics. The only thing he wants is to earn 10 Yuan more every day, so he will have more money for better medicines for his mother, his son’s living expenses and better clothes for his wife. He said he fears dying, because his whole family is relying on him.

Time to start event posts concerning underground music and art in Chendu

If you want to know what underground music and art events happened in Chengdu in the past you might want to risk a look at this site

http://www.platypusmusic.cn - Chengdu underground music and art

 watch this space after the spring festival

LOUNGE SESSIONS FEBRUARY 3RD 2006

Lounge sessions started to become something like a monthly lounge hold in the Metropolitan Bar.
This time DJ DSK and DJ JOE are gonna play out diverse styles of music from funk to hiphop, jungle, drum'n'bass, reggae, jazz, dub, ska, breaks and ambient IDM .

line up

DJ DSK (UK)
DJ JOE (GERMANY)

time

February 3rd 2006

Admission 10rmb.
January 18 - February 28, Dalian Art Museum. TEL (86411) 8254 0584

DJ Atomic Hooligan is acclaimed as one of the Best 5 Breakbeat DJs in Britain by DJ Mag.
February 4, Babyface Huaihai TEL (8621) 6375 6667

This English comedy is renowned as "the most funny comedy in the history" by New York Time Out. Chinese dialogues with English subtitles, tickets selling for 100-200rmb.
January 31 - February 4, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre TEL (8621) 6473 0123

Oil paintings by Shang Yang, Cao Ge, Hong Ling, Cao Li and many more.
February 22 - March 2, China National Museum of Fine Art. TEL (8610) 6401 7076