Immersion Guides' Fall 2008 Shunyi Area Guide

Shunyi is rapidly developing and transforming, as new shopping plazas and malls make suburban life more convenient than ever. Pick up Immersion Guides’ new Fall 2008 Shunyi Area Guide to discover the area’s latest health clinics, restaurants, schools, shops and more. What’s more, we’ll also help you get around, with revamped roads and new additions – like the Jingcheng Expressway and the spur leading to Capital Airport’s Terminal 3.

Once one of the few Western-style shopping centers in Shunyi, Pinnacle Plaza now is joined by Europlaza, Lakeview Place and the not-yet-opened Harmony Walk Mall. These will provide not only staples like organic groceries from Lohao City and baby supplies from Leyou Kids, but also conveniently located medical services such as Beijing United’s dental clinic and the New Century Children’s International Hospital.

Gone are the days when you could only get bland American diner food in Shunyi. Now, in addition to those same old American restaurants, a host of new restaurants have brought spicier flavors to the neighborhood, with options ranging from Mexican to Thai. More unusually, Shunyi now has its first Middle-eastern and South African restaurants. Lakeview Place in particular makes a good dinner destination, as many restaurants are clustered around its man-made lake.

Those decking out their homes and gardens can look forward to new shops by Torana Gallery, Samling/Tufenkian, Radiance, Beidong Floriculture Garden and Tammy’s Framing Shop. If renovations ever become too stressful, however, we suggest you rejuvenate yourself with a spa escape – perhaps at the Yin Yang Community Center, where all proceeds go to benefit the local villages. Opened by the owners of the Orchard, the center also runs yoga and drawing classes and is home to The Bookworm. Considering also Chaterhouse, the Bookmark and the new Foreign Languages Bookstore in Pinnacle Plaza, Shunyi residents finally have a decent selection of sources of reading material at last.

The Fall 2008 Shunyi Area Guide is available with the September issue of the Beijinger, or by contacting Zoe Wang ([email protected], 5820 7101), our energetic distribution manager.