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Bucket List Bucket List April 2019 Baobei Hiking: Hitting the trail with your family’s smallest Posh Picnics: Add a little glam to your basket Plus: Easter crafting, an intro to minimalism, and outdoor experiential BucketBucket ListList learning DivingDiving deeperdeeper intointo thethe BeijingBeijing experienceexperience WOMEN OF CHINA English Monthly Deputy Director General & Deputy Editor-in- Legal Adviser 法律顾问 《中国妇女》英文月刊 Chief 副主任·副总编辑 HUANG XIANYONG 黄显勇 A RONG 阿榕 Sponsored and administrated by International Distribution 国外发行 ALL-CHINA WOMEN'S FEDERATION China International Book Trading Corporation 中华全国妇女联合会主管/主办 Chief Editor 主编 中国国际图书贸易总公司 Published by YUAN KANG 袁康 ACWF INTERNET INFORMATION AND Editors 编辑 COMMUNICATION CENTER (WOMEN’S Address 本刊地址 FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS GU WENTONG 顾文同 WOMEN OF CHINA English Monthly OF CHINA) YE SHAN 叶珊 《中国妇女》英文月刊 全国妇联网络信息传播中心（中国妇女外文期刊 WEI XUANYI 魏萱亦 15 Jianguomennei Dajie, Dongcheng District, 社）出版 Editorial Consultant 编辑顾问 Beijing 100730, China Publishing Date: April 15, 2019 ROBERT MILLER（Canada） 中国北京东城区建国门内大街15号 本期出版时间：2019年4月15日 罗伯特·米勒（加拿大） 邮编：100730 Tel电话/Fax传真：(86)10-85112105 Director of Website Department 网络部主任 E-mail 电子邮箱：[email protected] Advisers 顾问 ZHU HONG 朱鸿 Website 网址 http://www.womenofchina.cn PENG PEIYUN 彭珮云 Former Vice-Chairperson of the NPC Standing Director of New Media Department Printing 印刷 Committee 全国人大常委会前副委员长 新媒体部主任 Toppan Leefung Changcheng Printing (Beijing) GU XIULIAN 顾秀莲 HUANG JUAN 黄娟 Co., Ltd. Former Vice-Chairperson of the NPC Standing 北京利丰雅高长城印刷有限公司 Committee 全国人大常委会前副委员长 Director of Distribution Department 发行与对外联络部主任 国际标准刊号：ISSN1000 9388 Director General 主任·社长 XIA WEI 夏巍 国内统一刊号：CN11-1704/C ZHANG HUI 张慧 国外发行代号：1580 Advertising Agency 广告代理 Beijing Agenda Advertising Co., Limited 国内邮发代号：2-713 广告经营许可证： Deputy Director General & Deputy Editor-in- 北京爱见达广告有限公司 京东工商广字第0121号 Chief 副主任·副总编辑·副社长 Telephone/电话: 5779 8877 WEI LIANG 位亮 Advertising Hotlines/广告热线： 5941 0368/69/72/77/78/79 Follow us on: Sina Weibo WeChat 《中国妇女》英文月刊 2019年4月下半月 COPYRIGHT ACWF INTERNET INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION CENTER (WOMEN’S FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS OF CHINA). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PUBLISHER. 本刊版权为全国妇联网络信息传播中心（中国妇女外文期刊社）所有（包括但不限于电子版信息网络传播权、数字发行权、无线增值业务权），未经 书面许可，不得转载。本刊同时进行数字发行，作者如无特殊声明，即视作同意授予我刊及我刊合作网站信息网络传播权；本刊支付的稿酬已包括此 项授权的收入。 The beijingkids Board AJ Warner Proud parent of two boys, AJ Warner has been helping Chinese families for the past 13 years in Beijing. He guides Chinese applicants through the complicated process of getting accepted to Chief Content Manager Kipp Whittaker US boarding schools and top universities. He is Deputy Content Manager Andy Peñafuerte III also the former Beijing Chapter President of the Digital Content Planner Wendy Xu Entrepreneurs Organization (EO). WeChat: ajwarner, Associate Content Planner Nicole Bonnah Email: [email protected] Contributors Andrew Killeen, Jolie Wu, Rebecca Archer, Patrick Flanary, Mike Signorelli Ember Swift, Melissa Rodriguez, Mike Signorelli arrived in Beijing in 1994 as a student and has called China home ever since. He has held several Juliete London senior management roles over the past 20+ years, including his last corporate job with NBA China. Mike is the founder of Signature Wine, China’s first independent subscription wine club. Contact him at [email protected]. Advertising Agency Marianne Daquet Beijing Agenda Advertising In Beijing for 12 years, Marianne Daquet has always been Co., Limited passionate about art and education. She founded Atelier Art School 6 years ago with the mission to pass on her 广告代理 strong belief that creativity can change the world. She 北京爱见达广告有限公司 and her French husband have two daughters. You can reach her at [email protected]. Telephone/电话: 5941 5499 Advertising Hotlines/广告热线： Dominika Mejia 5941 0368 Dominika is career diplomat with a foothold in three continents. She shares a taste for food with a passion for books and travel. She is the author of the bilingual CEO and Founder Michael Wester culinary blog D-constructed. While she is full of hope Owner and Co-Founder Toni Ma to master Chinese while writing her PhD, she’s also the Marketing Director Lareina Yang mother of a two-year-old daughter. Marketing Team Echo Wang, Kris Wei, Pablo Vidal, Angie Mu, Stacey Zou Caroline Nath Art Director Susu Luo Caroline Nath moved to Beijing as a teenager after having Production Manager Joey Guo grown up in the US, Canada, France, and India. She is Graphic Designer Michelle Zhang a filmmaker, radio host, Parent Effectiveness Training Photographer Uni You teacher, founder of Bonne Nani Jams, and an organic food promoter. She has two multi-ethnic and multi-lingual Sales Director Irene Yan children. Contact her at [email protected]. Sales Team Gladys Tang, Olesya Sedysheva, Crystal Yue, Ceinwen Michael, Sharon Shang, Alex Wang, Elisabeth Koch Liu Yue China’s milliner, Elisabeth Koch, arrived in 2007 and hit the ground running with her hats. This TCK has three Content Marketing Robynne Tindall children who were born in Beijing. While her creations IT Team Alexandre Froger, Yan Wen adorn famous heads on the covers of international Finance Judy Zhao, Vicky Cui, Susan Zhou glossies, Koch gives hat-making workshops in her studio HR & Admin Tobal Loyola, Cao Zheng and is kept busy by the kids. Find out more information DM Logistic Cao Zheng at www.ElisabethKoch.net General Inquiries 5941 5499 Lise Floris Lise Poulsen Floris is an EU official turned blogger. Since Contact: leaving her native Denmark in 1998, she has lived in Italy and Belgium before moving to China with her family. She General Information: [email protected] writes about life in Beijing on her blog ninemillionbicycles. Content: [email protected] com, aiming to tell “the big story through the small story.” Sales: [email protected] Her work has been published in the South China Morning Post, Global Times, and Point of View International. Marketing: [email protected] Digital & Content Marketing: [email protected] Juliet London DM Logistic: [email protected] After seven years in Beijing, market researcher, branding Directories: [email protected] consultant and writer, mother to two teenagers, Juliet ‘Lady’ London continues to be fascinated by this ever www.beijing-kids.com changing city. British by birth, she has also lived in Australia and Hong Kong. Her work primarily focuses on beijingkids education research, leaving less time than she would like beijing-kids to take exercise, walk her dog, and snap up bargains @beijingkids or #beijingkids at local markets. CONTENTS 28 April 2019 14 5328 LIVING PARENTING 14 Indulge 43 Echo Chamber Girl Scout leader, Jenny Eveland, gets a lush makeover Making the most of Beijing with everything from ducks to 16 The Green Pages dinosaur bones Sustainable lifestyle news in the capital 44 West Meets East 18 Mommy Minimalist Using staycations to explore the capital’s hidden treasures Intro to minimizing your life FEATURES HEALTH 48 Beijing Bucket List 20 Natural Path All the info you need to have a more complete capital Nine healthy tips to make your summer fabulous experience 22 Prepare the Ground 52 Mommy and Baby Hiking Ready these first aid items for your next journey How to spark an interest in the outdoors at an early age 53 Rustic Rentals Your guide to renting a home at the Great Wall DINING 55 Happy Campers 26 Dining Out A rundown of camps going on around Beijing this summer Diving headfirst into the culinary traditions of the Czech Republic 28 Food for Thought Picnic in style with these locally made foods ESSENTIALS 5 Editor’s Note 6 What’s New? PLAYING 8 Events 32 Maker’s Corner 13 New Arrivals Doing some Easter-themed crafting with Swiss School Beijing 57 School News 34 Get Out! 58 The Circuit A Beijing educator offers helpful tips to get your kids playing 64 Family Favorites outside ON THE COVER: LEARNING To celebrate the exploring spirit of Beijing 36 Blank Canvas families we invited Huijie, Hayden, and their two-year-old daughter Hayley Opie from Students from Ivy Schools share their favorite places and sights Beijing Hikers to pose on the cover. This in Beijing JULIETE LONDON UNI YOU, PHOTOS: 38 Schooled family has definitely put in the kilometers, and have helped hundreds of families Tossing the textbooks to learn by doing in the great outdoors 41 Welcome Campers! discover the natural beauty of the capital through their many excursions to the trails Why the American-style summer camp experience hasn’t lost its on the outskirts of the city and beyond. allure Photos: Yifei Fang A NOTE TO OUR READERS They Call Me the Wanderer This city has so many nooks and crannies to explore, that it’s fateful night where I first met my wife-to-be! really up to you to determine howNO deeply you TIMEdive into the Beijing TO Now WASTEthat I’m a father, I’m still exploring. When my son came experience. But where do you begin, or continue if you feel like you’ve along, he brought me to new and more family-focused experiences. exhausted everything? Luckily you have us to push you and the fam While this might not seem as fun as going to the latest speakeasy in the right direction. or kaiseki restaurant, I can honestly say that my life now is no less Personally, when I first came here as a student, I started my jour- exciting. Despite the past seven years I have spent in this city, I am ney on foot. After class, I would always get lost walking around, then still no Beijing expert. The journey of exploration continues, which is eventually find a taxi driver and mutter “Dongzhimen” to bring me back comforting because new elements of life in the capital are revealed to to my neighborhood. I didn’t have a smartphone with a map and no me almost daily.
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