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Bars

Around the Sanlitun diplomatic area there are numerous bars and nightclubs.

Jazz is big in Beijing. Many bars feature live Jazz music. Some places are:

CD Cafe Jazzbar, East Third Ring Road, south of the Agriculture Exhibition Center. Tel 6501-8877 ext. 6156. Fr - Sa, 9:30 pm -1:30 am, free entry. Featuring the Liu Yuan Quintet, the quintessential Beijing lineup.

Great Wall Sheraton Atrium, 10 East Third Ring Road North. Tel 6500-5566. Sunday brunch only, free. Live jazz.

Guys-Shadow Cafe, 31 Kexueyuan Nanlu, Haidian District. Tel 6261-8587. Th, Fr, Sa, 10 pm, free entry. Some of Beijing's top musicians offer traditional jazz with Chinese elements.

Moon Shanghai (Shanghai Nights), 4 Gongti Beilu. Tel 6506-9988. Th to Sa, 9 pm - 12:00 pm. Main room free. The house band of retired music professors offers jazz from the 1920s and '30s.

San Wei Bookstore, 60 Fuxingmennei Dajie. Tel 6601-3204. Fr 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm, 30 renminbi ($3.60). The Wide Angle Jazz Band starring Liu Xiaosong, one of Beijing's top drummers.