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Entertainment in Beijing |
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nightlife:
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This section will start focused on the bar, disco and karaoke
scene in Beijing but may expand to other types of venue at a
later date. Beijing has a varied nightlife scene, the following
basic guide will hopefully give you some idea.
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Sanlitun Entertainment District: |
This place seems to be taking over from Sanlitun as the
major bar area of Beijing. It is situated around a man-made lake
at the north of Beihai Park. Boating is available on the lake
till 11pm or 12am (in the summer of course). Very pretty area.
Full details coming soon.
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Club Banana / Spicy: |
Get the full Beijing Disco experience on your first night. Cute
girls, bad girls, shady guys, sound loud enough to make you
deaf, kick ass security. The place to be seen. The best and most
popular venue in Beijing. If you're looking for some
ground-breaking new scene don't bother coming here. If you're
looking for a beautifully decked out typical Asian disco
experience with a tremendous, fun, atmosphere, look no further.
Especially good on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Party World: |
This is the full-on Beijing Karaoke experience. A massive chain.
Looks more like a 5-Star Hotel than a Karaoke. Shame they have
almost zero English. Find a Chinese friend to take you. This
place has FREE FOOD !! a lot of the time, and is open 24 hours !
Used to be called Cash Box.
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Floor Shows: |
Beijing is one of the few remaining places to still have good
variety shows many are included with the price of admission, or
even completely free as long as you're drinking/eating
something. We recommend the following locations. Note: These are
not the general tourist fare. New section coming soon on
Acrobatics, Peking Opera.
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Re Dian no more: |
Nice modern place, small, crowded, loud. More of the Beijing disco
experience. Often has more guys than girls but the floor shows
are usually good. Update 12/28/03: Appears to be slated for
demolition and therefore closed. So sad. Hopefully it will move
elsewhere.
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