WHAT: RASBJ's annual post-AGM dinner features media personality Hung Huang delivering keynote comments on Chinamaxxing, in conversation with Melinda Liu

WHEN: Saturday March 21, 2026 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Beijing Time. Doors open at 7:00 PM.

WHERE: Sensory Garden, T+ Mall 7th floor, South Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang district, 南 三里屯路一号场T+Mall L7 tel: 18500688848

MORE ABOUT THE EVENT AND SPEAKER: What's Chinamaxxing? It's what a sudden flurry of drinking hot water, wearing hanfu outfits and practicing martial arts have in common -- if you're a Westerner living outside China. The Chinamaxxing trend has hit foreign headlines and social media; CNN called it a "Western fascination with Chinese culture and aesthetics". At our dinner, Chinese-American media figure Hung Huang will explain the how and why of Chinamaxxing, especially if you're in China. No one is better placed to talk about East-meets-West interaction than Huang. Her mother Zhang Hanzhi was a Chinese diplomat; her stepfather was the late Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua. Huang was tapped at age 12 to travel to the US, where she lived with an American family to learn English and embed in American culture. She attended Vassar, and began a career in business just as China's post-Mao economic modernization took off. She became the publisher of a glossy Chinese fashion publication, and then began to blog. Her independent voice made Huang an influencer before the word even came into use. Today her candid and sometime irreverent comments attract many followers on various social media platforms.

HOW MUCH: RASBJ members RMB 600, non-members RMB 800. The fee includes dinner and wine. You may find payment by Alipay easier than by Wechat. You can also pay by credit card. Interested in becoming an RASBJ member? Please sign up at rasbj.glueup.cn/org/rasbeijing/memberships/​

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: Please click "Register" or "I Will Attend" by noon on March 14 and follow the instructions. After successful registration you will receive a confirmation email. If you seem not to have received it, please check your spam folder.

Please note that when you register you'll be asked to indicate your choice of a non-vegetarian or vegetarian meal; please see menus below. If you have specific dietary requirements and restrictions, please let us know in a note on your registration form so that we can try to accommodate them; we apologize in advance that not all dietary requirements can be accommodated. Registrations for those who have not paid by March 18 will be cancelled.

FOR RASBJ MEMBERS: Please register separately for the brief Annual General Meeting, which will take place immediately before the dinner, in the same venue.

REFUND POLICY: Attendees will be refunded in full if the event is cancelled or postponed by RASBJ.

Schedule

7:00 PM Doors open, drinks available

7:30-9:30 PM Dinner and keynote speech

DRESS CODE: Chinamaxxing attire is encouraged but not mandatory

Menus

NON-VEGETARIAN

POTATO CROQUETTE | 意式土豆可乐饼

Anchovies Sauce, "Escabeche" Zucchini

鳀鱼酱，酸渍节瓜

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MONTANARINA | 蒙塔纳里纳炸披萨球

Burrata Cheese, Iberico Ham, Black Truffle

布拉塔奶酪，伊比利亚火腿，黑松露

SEAFOOD FREGOLA | 海鲜翡麦粒面

Clams, Mussels, Prawns in a Saffron Broth

蛤蜊，青口，大虾，藏红花汤底

IBERICO PORK CHOP | 伊比利亚炭烤猪排

Charred Broccolini, Burnt Lemon Vinaigrette, Crushed Pistachio

焦香嫩茎西兰花，炙烤柠檬油醋汁，碎开心果

PISTACHIO MILLE-FEUILLE | 开心果千层酥

VEGETARIAN

POTATO CROQUETTE | 意式土豆可乐饼

"Escabeche" Zucchini

酸渍节瓜

&

MONTANARINA | 蒙塔纳里纳炸披萨球

Burrata Cheese, Black Truffle

布拉塔奶酪, 黑松露

SAFFRON RISOTTO | 藏红花意试烩米饭

*EGGPLANT STEAK | 烤茄子排

Parmigiano Foam, Confit Tomato, Basil Chimichurri

帕玛森泡沫，油浸小番茄，罗勒酸辣酱

+ ROASTED VEGETABLES I 碳烤蔬菜

PISTACHIO MILLE-FEUILLE | 开心果千层酥