by Paul Pennay Jun 29 Immersion Guides' Chili Pepper Eating Contest Although registering for the competition is free, participants will still be required to pay the RMB 120 entrance fee to the Canada Day festivities. 1pm. Canadian International School... ...full story at The Beijinger
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Eating BBQ Scorpions »
YouTube video Me in beijing eating bbq scorpions with chili pepper. |
| 25 Jun 08 |
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Beijinger Podcast - Episode 26 » The Beijinger by Paul Pennay Sit back and listen as host Paul Pennay talks to informed editors from The Beijinger about their picks of the best events going on in town this weekend. Managing Editor Oliver Robinson recommends a few places where you can catch the Euro 2008 Final and also encourages listeners to head out to Fengtai Sports Center on Sunday to support the local Beijing football team. Iain Shaw talks about Xiao He's show aboard the Stone Boat on Friday evening, he also offers a couple of suggestions for those thinking of heading out of town: The Great Wall Beach Party or a tour of an Eco-Village. Food editor Jessica Wang dares Beijing's spice meisters to take part in the Chili Pepper Eating Contest being held as part of the Canada Day celebrations out at the Canadian International School on Sunday, Lisa Liang recommends the three-day 13th Month Records Festival that's going on at Beijing Exhibition Theater on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening and Reid Barrett reveals details about the next great map from Immersion Guides. You'll need to keep listening until the end to know the answer to this week's trivia. We're offering a copy of the extremely useful Insider's Guide to Beijing 2008 to the first listener who can tell us, In order to claim the title of Chili Eating King, how many peppers did the winner of the 2006 Chili Pepper Eating contest eat in 5 minutes? Send an e-mail to podcast@thebeijinger.com before Friday noon with the answer. So, once again, if you're not sure what to do next weekend, plug in your headphones, sit back, and enjoy the entertaining ephemera that is ... the Beijinger Podcast! For those who'd like to download the podcast and listen to it later, click (right-click to save in MP3 format) on the icon to the left or click here. [...] Read more! |
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'Chili king of Henan' spices it up for fame » People's Daily A man who calls himself the "Chili king of Henan" challenged anyone who dared to a chili-eating contest at the Zhengzhou railway station on Tuesday. Li Yongzhi, 55, swallowed a plateful of fried chili in front of a crowd of people and challenged anyone... |
| 30 May 08 |
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Immersion Guides? 2008 Beijing Map » The Beijinger by Adam Pillsbury Immersion Guides, makers of Beijing neighborhood maps since 2003, have pulled out a bigger canvas to produce their first chart of the entire city, the 2008 Beijing Map. Inserted in the June issue of that?s Beijing, this free map is... |
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Review: Insider's Guide to Beijing » Shanghaiist Recently we were lucky enough to add a new guidebook to the collection: The Insider's Guide to Beijing (2008 Edition) brought to you courtesy of the nice people at Immersion Guides (affiliated with the unfortunately named That's BJ... |
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Qualifying contests of Chinese proficiency competition held in Portugal » People's Daily The preliminary contest in Portugal of the first Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign High School Students was held in the northwestern Portuguese city of Braga on Saturday and 15-year-old Anna Rita Tavares won the contest. T ... |
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