It takes many to tango

The Argentine dance is sweeping many off their feet in China LYU XIAOQIAN

The venue is a cafe, but those gathered inside have something other than caffeine on their minds as they prepare to get their pulses racing. It's a Saturday night, and the cafe in central Beijing is about to put on its weekly dance night, during which tango aficionados will, arm in arm, step back into the 1930s and cast aside the cares of the present.

However, if the tango is your thing and you are in Beijing you do not have to wait for a week for these kinds of get-togethers, for it seems that somewhere or other, every day of the week, a tango club, a swish hotel, or some other venue will be putting on something that appeals to you.