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...Foreigners are also feeling the heat. Expats in Beijing have reported greater scrutiny of their passports and residency permits, while international businesspeople complain about tightened requirements for renewing visas. Beijing's nightlife has been targeted as well. In April, police raided bars in the Sanlitun entertainment district, arresting 20 people - including eight foreigners - mostly on drug charges. The authorities said the raids were part of a standard antidrug campaign. A senior Western diplomat in Beijing reckoned, however, that the Sanlitun operation was more "political than criminal." He noted that the targeted bars were well known as expat hangouts; perhaps, said...
...avant-garde plays. You could also enjoy a movie at the New Century Cinema, tel: (86-10) 8518 6778, in Oriental Plaza, a huge shopping mall in the Wangfujing area. If you still feel like meeting some friends and having a chat, head over to the lounge bars along Sanlitun Bar Street. One of the best is Jazz-Ya, tel: (86-10) 6415 1227, located on Sanlitun's popular Na Li alley. This short passageway is packed with fashion stores and restaurants, but Jazz-Ya stands out because of its free nighttime jam sessions...
...cities," says Face's London-based design director, Frank Drake. "We aimed to match its grandeur." The new Face team can expect tough competition from the capital's established operators, however. As the former owner of Frank's Place - a no-nonsense pub on the edge of the grubby Sanlitun bar area - Briton Russell Probert has already paid his dues in the city. He decided to go upmarket when Frank's came under a city planner's wrecking ball in 2005. His new operation, the decidedly grown-up Pavillion, tel: (86-10) 6507 2617, features luxurious fittings, fine wines...
...Visitors to Beijing will notice that the Chinese capital seems to have gone through just this of late, with formerly trendy Sanlitun giving way to the lakeside neighborhood of Houhai as the city's favored leisure zone. While Sanlitun degenerates into a graceless quarter of leather-jacketed touts and identical bars, Houhai is luring yuppie dollars with rather more modish venues...
...Meanwhile, though the Hidden Tree, tel: (86-10) 6509 3642, is on bustling Nan Sanlitun, you're safe from tourists here. Its intimate patio also shields patrons from jumpsuited beer-promotion gals, DVD sellers, and teens tying one on before a club. Fresh draught European imports such as Hoegaarden and Duvel fill the thick beer menu?perfect for washing down the Hidden Tree's wood-fired pizza...