Beijing

Flights of Fancy

At 19 (Almost), Duncanville Fighter Is (Already) USA Boxing's Brightest Young Rising Star

Going For Gold

Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film

A Local Olympian Makes a Nice Landing: On Video Game Cover

Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film

Chris Bosh Is Packed for China and the Olympics. Now, It's All Crackin'.

Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film

Sign a Petition for the Very Sporty German Olympian Dirk Nowitzki

Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film

Of Flag-Bearing Petition, Dirk Nowitzki Says, "That Would Be Super."

Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film

Nastia's Back -- And You'd Best Make Your Travel Plans Accordingly

Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film

Bummer Summer

Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film

Buzz

Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Panda Delite

Panda Delite1060 W. Frankford, Carrollton972-395-1118Promised delivery time: 35 minutesActual delivery time: 46 minutesThe ScoreNear-promptness: 43Phone patience required: -3Old fashioned boxes: 15Semi-cold food: -6Spending threshold: -9Self-effacing, totally open, honest and unabashed delivery guy: ... More >>

Events for the week

Panda Delite1060 W. Frankford, Carrollton972-395-1118Promised delivery time: 35 minutesActual delivery time: 46 minutesThe ScoreNear-promptness: 43Phone patience required: -3Old fashioned boxes: 15Semi-cold food: -6Spending threshold: -9Self-effacing, totally open, honest and unabashed delivery guy: ... More >>

Taking a stand

Rebellious Chef Danielle Custer creates a risky menu for Laurels

Peking soap opera

Red Corner aspires to political bravado, but can't avoid bombast and cliche

Night & Day

March 26-April 1, 1998

Chinese slick

P.F. Chang's polishes Chinese fare with an American bistro veneer

Of human feelings

Hong Kong's Wong Kar-Wai talks about gay love, straight actors, and his moody new film Happy Together

Round midnight

Sure, Mighty Peking Man stinks, but that's half the fun

Thom Tom Tim

Triple R Group lands its first chef

Get Offa Our Cloud

The DMN dips its toes in the waters of "private pleasures" advertising

Is Dallas Boxer Luis Yanez a Future World Champion or Just a Suburban Myth?

He was an Olympic disappointment, but with his first pro fight on Friday, Yanez is out to prove he's the real deal.

Made In China

The Peking Acrobats bring magic to the DSO

Art, Halved

The Peking Acrobats bring magic to the DSO

All Aboard

The Peking Acrobats bring magic to the DSO

Puddy Good

Oishii is a culinary adventure

Chop Suey Syndrome

Our restaurant critic travels to China to unravel the riddle: Why can't Dallas do Chinese?

Technicolor Yuan

China's most expensive film looks lovely but feels empty

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

China's most expensive film looks lovely but feels empty

Terrific Two

China's most expensive film looks lovely but feels empty

Chow Time

Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle breaks all the rules

Best Chinese Restaurant

Gingko Tree China Bistro

City of Ghosts

Matt Dillon takes on Cambodia in City of Ghosts

Vittorio Victorious

In this Beijing, a Bicycle is never just a bicycle

Culture Clash

Documentarian takes a backstage look at Turandot

Unlocking the Gong

A group of Falun Gong, the outlawed Chinese spiritual movement, travel from Dallas to D.C. on an urgent rescue mission, sending out righteous thoughts and cultivating Xing Xing along the way

Steamed Up

Shower, from China, uses a bathhouse as a barometer of society's change

Strolling Illusions

Angels in the Park blesses with ambience rather than food

Short Orders: May Dragon

May Dragon4848 Belt Line, Addison972-392-9998According to my fortune, there's an "interesting musical opportunity" in my very near future. This could, of course, mean only one thing: the Sex Pistols are back together and in need of a Sid Vicious stand in. Either that or Pete Freedman wants me to pos ... More >>

Girl Fight

May Dragon4848 Belt Line, Addison972-392-9998According to my fortune, there's an "interesting musical opportunity" in my very near future. This could, of course, mean only one thing: the Sex Pistols are back together and in need of a Sid Vicious stand in. Either that or Pete Freedman wants me to pos ... More >>

Food For Thought 5.22.09

"No more RICE!" (U.S. Marine corporal Harold Thomas as Army aircraft began dropping rations and other supplies to men held at the POW camp in Niigata, Japan, in late August, 1945. Captured in Peking--now Beijing--China on the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Thomas had been a prisoner of the Japanese ... More >>

The Smithsonian's Legos

"No more RICE!" (U.S. Marine corporal Harold Thomas as Army aircraft began dropping rations and other supplies to men held at the POW camp in Niigata, Japan, in late August, 1945. Captured in Peking--now Beijing--China on the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Thomas had been a prisoner of the Japanese ... More >>

Days Gone Bite: C-Rations, K-Rations and SOS

C Rations​To the men of the 504th regiment, 82nd Airborne--"the Devils in Baggy Pants"--who crossed the Waal in Holland and battled Panzers in the Ardennes. My uncle 'Highlee' fought with them. And to Marines of the American Legation Guard, Peking, colloquially known as "the North China Marines" w ... More >>

Catching Up With Mayor Leppert in Asia If Only Because We Miss Him When He's Gone

All photos courtesy of the Office of the MayorLeppert and the trade delegation make a stop during their trip to Daedeok Innopolis (Hmm ... seems familiar)From the looks of the photos sent along by Mayor Tom Leppert's chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh, it appears as though Leppert and the other 21 memb ... More >>

On a Trade Mission to China, Mayor Tom Leppert Takes "the Correct Approach"

Chris Heinbaugh/Office of the MayorMayor Tom, somewhere behind a protective mask, tours a wind-turbine blade-making plant in China. Naw, you'll never see this photo again on Unfair Park. Can't imagine.​Mayor Tom Leppert, council member Ron Natinsky, Economic Development honcho Karl Zavitkovsky and ... More >>

Documenting Life In Art

Chris Heinbaugh/Office of the MayorMayor Tom, somewhere behind a protective mask, tours a wind-turbine blade-making plant in China. Naw, you'll never see this photo again on Unfair Park. Can't imagine.​Mayor Tom Leppert, council member Ron Natinsky, Economic Development honcho Karl Zavitkovsky and ... More >>

Fat Tuesday Festivities, Wolfgang Puck Celebrates the Chinese New Year, and a Monster Eating Contest

Flickr user Ctd 2005Except on Mardi Gras, the jackalope is rarely seen in the wild with its shirt off.​Some think the best thing about February is Valentine's Day and spending some romantic time with your significant with a box of chocolates and bottle of wine. Not us. We'd rather drink strong coc ... More >>

Karate Kid Remake Is Too Cynical To Catch A Fly With Chopsticks

Flickr user Ctd 2005Except on Mardi Gras, the jackalope is rarely seen in the wild with its shirt off.​Some think the best thing about February is Valentine's Day and spending some romantic time with your significant with a box of chocolates and bottle of wine. Not us. We'd rather drink strong coc ... More >>

The Eaters in Chief

Thomas Jefferson: great taste in food -- plus he helped give us that whole separation of church/state thing.​The federal holiday Americans observe next Monday was originally designed to honor George Washington. But when the government standardized its celebrations in 1968, they stuck the annua ... More >>

Another Chinese Import

Thomas Jefferson: great taste in food -- plus he helped give us that whole separation of church/state thing.​The federal holiday Americans observe next Monday was originally designed to honor George Washington. But when the government standardized its celebrations in 1968, they stuck the annua ... More >>

Glyph Notes

Thomas Jefferson: great taste in food -- plus he helped give us that whole separation of church/state thing.​The federal holiday Americans observe next Monday was originally designed to honor George Washington. But when the government standardized its celebrations in 1968, they stuck the annua ... More >>