What is the Beijing Bikini?

As welcomed guests, expats in China should know better than to blatantly criticize their hosts if for no other reason than not to hurt the feelings of those involved. And yet, sometimes the most astute analysis on China comes from abroad – one in which no one gets offended. That's the "Beijing bikini. read more

The Beijing Bikini. When the summer heat flares up in China, a strange and unsightly phenomenon occurs. This phenomenon has been given the name “Beijing Bikini” (BB). For those of you who are expecting beautiful Asian women in bikinis, I am sorry to tell you that you are about to be scarred for life disappointed. read more

A seafood seller at a Beijing market adopted a look common among Chinese men in hot weather. Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times This, it will be explained upon asking, is a makeshift form of air-conditioning known as the Beijing Bikini. read more

And another explanation is, the Chinese has a “brotherhood”,they think been in Beijing Bikini can show the tight relationship between each other. At least when my father drinking with his friend,drunk,they all turned into a Beijing Bikini mood and shoulder to shoulder.. read more