The Beijing I knew in my early years here at the start of the Noughties has long since disappeared.
Here’s a rundown of the institutions that we expats of a certain generation most miss…
The Top Five Lost Beijing Landmarks
Indifferent food, but an essential networking hub for older expats.
4) Poachers
A crappy bar – but Friday night Party Central!
3) Nanjie – Sanlitun South Bar Street
As I’ve observed before, it was a great melting-pot. Back then, the city only had a dozen or so decent bars, and most of them were side by side on Dongdaqiao Xiejie.
2) The Sanlitun Beer Mug
The city’s cutest novelty: a fibreglass convenience kiosk in the form of a giant foaming beer stein.
But in the top spot…
1) The John Bull Pub
A little piece of London in the heart of the Embassy district.
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I suppose I really should have put the original Bus Bar (just south of the Beer Mug) on here as well. In theory, it merely changed locations (twice); but the new incarnation is nothing like the first two.
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