[–]ting_bu_dong [+2]United States 34 points 1 day ago

SMASH THE FOUR OLD BARS

(VIDEO from ThatsOnline)



[–]TheDark1 30 points 1 day ago

I kinda wish that was me in the digger.

THAT'S FOR YOUR FUCKING INDUSTRIAL VODKA!

THAT'S FOR YOUR FAKE "GIN."

THAT'S FOR YOUR OVERPRICED ROUCHUAN.





[–]mrgoodkat1707 European Union 20 points 1 day ago

Where do Expats in BJ get their weed now?





[–]bluesmaker 8 points 1 day ago

I heard a comedian joke that Chinese police don't know the smell. Is that true?





[–]LaoSh 30 points 1 day ago

Chinese police would never do anything that may jeopardize their "doing absolutely fuck all" policy. The only way you ever get arrested in China is if you cross the cops. Feel free to murder/steal/rape all you like, so long as you avoid doing it to the cops or the cops friends.





[–]GatoNanashi 1 point 1 day ago

Is there an easy way to distinguish Chinar fuzz friends? In the States they use a horizontal blue stripe sticker to advertise their entitlement.





[–]HakanAzeri Wales 1 point 10 hours ago

It's not the States. Other countries are different.





[–]GatoNanashi 2 points 6 hours ago

Congrats, that was in fact, the joke.





[–]HakanAzeri Wales 2 points 6 hours ago

A real thigh slapper, no doubt.





[–]McBarret [-1] 6 points 18 hours ago

I went eating in wanjing and there was a huge smell of weed right outside the subway station on the small restaurant street. Then i saw 2 clueless "police officers" walking around. I guess the smell came out of one of the alley or something.

That's what it felt to me, they don't know the smell.





[–]LeYanYan France 2 points 13 hours ago

Just thyme and oregano BBQ, nothing to worry about.





[–]nimbleal 4 points 15 hours ago

One time I could smell weed in our offices (very large Chinese company, only one laowai) at around 11am. Breakfast joint I guess. Strong smell, but the only other person who noticed it was someone who spent 7+ years in Europe.





[–]bluesmaker 3 points 15 hours ago

That is interesting!





[–]AU_is_better 2 points 11 hours ago

There's a traditional chinese bullshit called moxibustion, which burns a herb that smells like weed. first time i smelled it in korea, i stuck my head out the window and yelled 'who's got the sticky icky?!'





[–]TheMediumPanda 1 point 12 hours ago

Are you accusing a foreigner smoking a joint in a public office in broad daylight? Either that guy would be stupidest muthafugger ever, you're mistaken somehow or you're making it up.





[–]marmakoide [+2] 1 point 6 hours ago

But it's traditional European herbal medecine !!!





[–]BillyBattsShinebox 8 points 1 day ago

Why? Is that the entire street? I've never been there and have no idea how big it is, but isn't that pretty much the most famous bar street in China?





[–]tomcarter [+1]United States[S] 21 points 1 day ago

There used to be a Sanlitun South Street and North Street on either side of Gongti Bei Lu (the major thoroughfare in the heart of downtown Beijing). South was just a filthy alley of drinking holes and hookers, including a charming little place called Pure Girl. Literally my first-ever night out in China, when I arrived in 2004. South Street got razzed in '05 for a shiny development. The front end of North Street was also leveled, prior to the Olympics, to build an upscale mall. But the seedy back-end of North Street continued to exist for the past decade in order to give local drunkards somewhere to play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wframK_9wFE&feature=youtu.be&t=1m50s Despite the police box at the beginning of the street, the sidewalks were still lined with whores and Liberians pushing weight. It's really no surprise that it was finally harmonized. I haven't lived in Beijing in many years, but I had fond memories of the old Sanlitun.





[–]meatsak 8 points 1 day ago

You nailed that description. I haven't been in Beijing since 2009 but you describe it exactly as I recall it. Crappy hard liquors served out of ketel one and grey goose bottles, nigerians, working girls, and with the nightly street brawls, you could get dinner and a show!





[–]BillyBattsShinebox 3 points 1 day ago

I always had the idea in my head that it was more of an upmarket kind of place. Sounds like I couldn't have been more wrong, haha.





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[–]aghicantthinkofaname [-2] 19 points 1 day ago

Liberia is a country





[–]TheDark1 24 points 1 day ago

ＳＯＭＥＯＮＥ ＷＨＯ ＷＯＲＫＳ ＩＮ Ａ ＬＩＢＥＲＹ





[–]BillyBattsShinebox 8 points 1 day ago

A dyslexic who looks after books





[–]jingzi_factory Mongolia 3 points 1 day ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggled with that word.

Couple minutes of substituting librarian, libertarian, libertine, etc. look for the accidental auto correct





[–]tan_guan [-3] 2 points 1 day ago

That video is a blast from the past!





[–]justforthecat 4 points 1 day ago

Beijing is cracking down on illegal expansions. Everything that exceeds the buildings' plan is being taken down and/or bricked over. Honestly, it looks a lot nicer. I can't say it retains any charm, though.





[–]iwazaruu 7 points 1 day ago

Yup, been seeing it happen for months now but it really kicked into overdrive a week or two ago - all these little buildings just bulldozed quick as that, and seemingly without warning as the day before there were things still inside and no sense of getting ready to move.

A few months ago my friend was told by the landlord they had to move out in 5 days because inspectors said the entire floor was illegally built. They started the deconstruction process before that.

Just asking any of the old locals why these are being bulldozed, they all say because they were illegally built. Man what a load of shit. I feel bad for the business owners and hope they get compensated (probably not).





[–]hythloth 1 point 1 day ago

Was your friend compensated somehow by the landlord? I'm currently living in an apartment complex in a Beijing hutong neighborhood, and heard that buildings with more than 2 stories are at risk as well





[–]iwazaruu 1 point 1 day ago

Nope. It wasn't even typical apartments...it was a 4-story hotel and then the owner decided to turn it into an apartment place and I dunno. Anyway How much you payin for that hutong bruh





[–]hythloth 3 points 23 hours ago

7,000 RMB split across 4 people





[–]HotNatured 2 points 21 hours ago

what the fuck?

is the cost of living really that cheap there?

are you slumming it hardcore?





[–]hythloth 1 point 14 hours ago

Uhh no... not sure what the rates are in other neighborhoods. I should clarify though that it's a two bedroom place.





[–]kulio_forever [+1] 1 point 1 day ago

Landlords is the short answer. And the only one





[–]me-i-am 6 points 1 day ago

Anybody remember the original Poachers?





[–]Sculpting-In-Time 7 points 1 day ago

I do, circa 1999. The happy vibe that place had... I found myself in conversations with the most random people.





[–]me-i-am 2 points 1 day ago

the sanlitun one or the one above the friendship store?





[–]Sculpting-In-Time 6 points 1 day ago

Oh wow. Now we are going waaay back! I had meant the South Sanlitun incarnation. Had completely forgotten the one above the Friendship Store. But I did hang out there in the summer of '94. I recall some epic reggae jam sessions featuring guys from the Jamaican embassy. A figment of my imagination?

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[–]me-i-am 3 points 1 day ago

hmm.... thats way back then. Remember the "magic mushroom" bar? That was down near ritan. Goose and Duck was down there too.





[–]justinchina 2 points 1 day ago

Remember that place...sculpting in time???





[–]SerpentZA 3 points 13 hours ago

This sucks, last time I was in Beijing I remember walking along there and it had an awesome mix of seediness and vibeyness, that street will be missed! (but the fake alcohol hangovers won't)





[–]kulio_forever [+1] 5 points 1 day ago

Cultural Revolution 2.0





[–]GrandZebraCrew 3 points 1 day ago

This is the one behind 3.3 mall, right? Bummer. Good DVD stores.





[–]haonowshaokao 1 point 18 hours ago

Not bad, but the prices were way too high





[–]taoistextremist United States 3 points 22 hours ago

It's been a while since I've been in Beijing, but is this the same alley that had that three or four story place with a different bar/club on each floor? Like, there was an Irish bar I think, a gay club, and up top a place called Kokomo with a rooftop terrace.





[–]tameoompaloompa 1 point 21 hours ago

yes but i believe the bars you mentioned are still there





[–]taoistextremist United States 1 point 21 hours ago

Alright, just wanted to make sure I had the right area in mind. That place won't be the same if it's not as claustrophobic.





[–]mellowmonk 5 points 21 hours ago

In the U.S. we'd say the street was reaccommodated.





[–]BlindTiger86 2 points 1 day ago

Wow - many good memories there!





[–]SpinBuck [-1] 2 points 12 hours ago

Only the west side (shitty restaurant, nail salon, overpriced DVD store) because they were illegal extensions of an apartment building. The east side will not be torn down. So REC, BiteaPita, shwarma guy, and Kokokabana are going nowhere





[–]TeaDrinkingParty United States 1 point 1 day ago

Can someone mirror this on streamable? I've been a crippled old man ever since I neglected resubscribing to my VPN.





[–]foreignscumball9 2 points 14 hours ago

Its not that interesting. The main point is they are knocking down buildings, but the manner in which they do it isnt that important.





[–]Aan2007 1 point an hour ago

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[–]phatrice United States 1 point 22 hours ago

whelp, I go to Beijing on biz trip all the time and stay at the Westin at Liangmaqiao, supposedly it's pretty close to Sanlitun. Was planning on checking out the bar street but never got a chance. So no more Sanlitun bar street?

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[–]ScandInBei 2 points 22 hours ago

There's still plenty of bars at sanlitun.

The closed down some places on one side of one road. As far as I understand, among the closed down places were the Vietnamese/Mexican restaurant (I'll miss that one), a DVD store, a nail salon..

As far as I understand there are still bars on the same street on the east side on the road, as well as on the main street and in the area.





[–]haonowshaokao 2 points 18 hours ago

The main bar street is shitty bars with private tables with work parties drinking chivas regal with green tea and nobody dancing, like every other shitty bar street in the country.





[–]ScandInBei 1 point 10 hours ago

Agree on the bars in north street on east side.

South side has slowboat which can be nice and on North Street nali patio, but I know what you mean and agree.





[–]Afandur 1 point 9 hours ago

Is Mojito Man still alive?





[–]lolnottelling 2 points 1 day ago

Good





[–]iwazaruu 1 point 1 day ago

Meanwhile fuck-all has been done with the building where The Den used to be since it closed in Dec 2015.





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[–]c0rrupt82 1 point 1 day ago

Sounds like every night in Shanghai.





[–]Smirth 11 points 1 day ago

Yes but this was in China





[–]tan_guan [-3] 5 points 1 day ago

rekt





[–]c0rrupt82 1 point 1 day ago

Last I checked Shanghai (where I live and am writing this from) is in China.





[–]Smirth 12 points 1 day ago

LOL you are in a vaping WeChat group and you play polo.





[–]c0rrupt82 -1 points 1 day ago

Is there an ironic correlation here?





[–]Smirth 18 points 1 day ago

Shanghai is a great city. You know the best thing about Shanghai?

It's so close to china.





[–]aelephant 2 points 1 day ago

You can't vape AND live in China! lolololololololoool

(Think dude was trying to be funny or make fun of you or something but it didn't really work)





[–]justinchina 3 points 1 day ago

My understanding is that the building is owned by the military, and they aren't allowed to make money like that anymore. So it's not about the den per se, it was about who the landlord is, and how they can and cannot make money anymore. Ditto for the place that used to be Mexican wave/tims BBQ/ that blue marine place across and north from silk alley. But maybe that's urban legend, I dunno.





[–]Pharah84 -1 points 1 day ago

Good riddance

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