Category Archives: China Doll (3.3)

Olympics Flashback: The Final Report

Plan: To have a few drinks and finally watch the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. Reality: Had a lot of drinks and missed most of the ceremony again. Such is life…

Beijing Olympics flashback: Join China Doll, Fubar, George’s for charity fundraiser

- This Sunday marks the second anniversary of the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games. I missed most of the opening in 2008 due to a seven-hour Beijing bar…

Beijing photo five: Dita von Teese, Pee Monkey tribute*, stairway to nowhere…

I am sorting thousands of photos and finding quite a few that I didn’t use but want to share. Thus, this “Beijing photo five” series, with each post including a…

The saga continues: China Doll 2.2 to open in 3.3 Wednesday

- The China Doll story continues on Wednesday night in Sanlitun’s 3.3 Building as Ai Wan reprises her leading role. The fourth and latest installment comes on the heels of:…

She’s back: China Doll to reopen with rooftop deck

- The inspiration of everything from best club nods to partner bickering, from celebrity sightings during the Olympics to rumors of lawsuits, from fun and sloppy late nights to an…

Back in the game: China Doll 3.3 to reopen on Friday

China Doll 3.3 (map), which ranked among the places to be during the Olympics and then closed about three months later, is set to reopen next Friday. Expect a smaller…

Oh, really? Aussie paper claims Olympians’ drinks “spiked” at China Doll 3.3

Down Under newspaper The Age claims that Australian and other athletes had their drinks spiked at “China Doll” during the Olympics. From the article: A number of Australian Olympic team…

Saturday night snapshots: Klubb Rouge, China Doll, and more

Eleven PM, just ten days after an opening bash that saw people flank to shank, and Klubb Rouge is… empty? Well, not totally – about 20 patrons are scattered on…

‘The New Sanlitun’: Openings, closings, confrontations

Sanlitun North lived up to its rep as an infamous nightspot this past week, which is unfortunate given some of the fun places in the area – The Tree, Kokomo,…

Somebody give me a smoke: The pre-openings of Klubb Rouge, China Doll

Let me use the analogy of male and female orgasms to respectively portray the décor of Klubb Rouge and China Doll since these nightspots, which held pre-openings of sorts last…