Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, Mao… these are the classic tourist attractions of Beijing.
But you shouldn’t miss the 798 Art District if you happen to be in Beijing.

Located on the site of an abandoned electronic factory, the area is now full of shops, cafes, artists’ studios and galleries, showcasing contemporary and emerging Chinese art.

Bauhaus-style warehouses, with graffiti and old Maoist slogans all over the walls, rusty pipes and cranes… that’s an amazing place to explore!

+ We hate taxis in Beijing. They’re too fast and they never take you where you want to go. Besides, they cannot drive. No really. Fast and furious.

+ We hate the Internet censorship. No Facebook, no Twitter, no WP. A.N.G.E.R!

+ We hate/love the bitterly cold winter weather. We were freezing but climbing the Great Wall under the snow was such an amazing experience!

+ We love wandering through the small hutong alleys, stopping along the way for a bowl of steaming noddles.

+ We love this bustling city, its unique energy, its buildings sprouting like mushrooms after the rain… it’s a place to succeed, a place to ignore the staid structures set in stone by the communists…

+ Pfff, what are we sayin’… We’ll stop now because we don’t have much battery left on the computer and because lists of stuff people like are really boring and we’re sure you’ve got better things to do than reading blogs!

Since the one-child policy was introduced in 1979, kids often have a monopoly over two parents and four doting grandparents.

My advice to all parents, spoiling your child might end up pretty badly. Check out the last pic in the below gallery of a not-so-little-emperor who took a turn for the worse.