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May 2021 featured the best air on record in Beijing.

Two women tied for the championship in the Beijinger's 11th Annual Hot Chili Pepper Eating Contest

INDEPENDENCE –  Jerome “Jim” M. Wester was born on May 29, 1927 to Hubert P. Wester and Christine (Becker) Wester on a farm near La Porte City. He went to school through 8th grade, after which, he worked on the family farm. He learned many valuable skills as a farm hand and found time for the occasional practical joke. Jim married Bettye Blocker on February 10, 1948, and they had three children, Kathleen Olsen, Michael Wester, and Kristi Hiller. A downturn in the farm economy of the 1960s led Jim to work off the farm. Over the years, he held several jobs, including at Black Hawk Seed F...

Five Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Beijing Today May 5, 2021 11:19 am | Add a comment | 67 reads Okay, we're not gonna bore you with whether Cinco de Mayo is a "real" Mexican holiday or not. let's just suffice it to say that it's a great excuse for bars and restaurants around town to offer up some fun.  Send your May Day holiday out with style at one of these five Beijing establishments throwing May 5 parties... we'll let their promo posters do all the talking: El Barrio

Iron Will, Iron Stomach: Calling All Brave Souls for our Annual Chili Pepper Eating Competition May 3, 2021 6:42 pm | Add a comment | 98 reads It's that time of year again: when Beijing's spiciest citizens duke it out by stuffing the vegetable kingdom’s most brutal member into their mouths, purely for citywide bragging rights and piles o’ swag. Come one, come all to witness the spectacle that is The Beijinger’s 2021 Chili Pepper Eating Contest! This will be our 10 th year of the contest, which never fails to be the marquee event at our Ho...