Hundreds of students in Haidian district, many of them the children of migrant workers, could be left without a school at the start of the new academic year, as their classrooms have been condemned by safety authorities.
China World Hotel, Beijing introduced its 2011 moon cake collection on July 20. The hotel presented 12 different moon cake gift sets and 33 flavors, from the traditional varieties with white lotus fillings and mixed nuts to the more adventurous featuring plum and blackcurrant to the healthy purple sweet potato and low sugar pumpkin, and truffle and XO sauce paste.
A dozen escalators for the capital city's Yizhuang subway line have been recalled because they have the same risk of malfunction as the one that took the life of a 13-year-old boy on July 5.
The passenger was hobbling along on crutches, struggling to make his way through the crowds as he tried to find the waiting room for his train at Beijing Railway Station.
For Wang Ning, one of the biggest headaches about taking his 3-year-old son to play in Xuanwuyi Park on weekends was finding somewhere to park. Not any more.
As the purchase deadline for Beijing drivers who won the first round of the license plate lottery approached on July 26, it’s estimated about 1,000 winners failed to buy cars within the required half-year period, according to the Beijing Municipal Traffic Committee.
Subway bosses have been urged to prevent overcrowding on trains and in stations, as officials look to step up safety in the wake of several fatal accidents on public transport.
In the last part D J Clark returns to Beijing to investigate the development of urban farming as a means to mitigate increasing global food prices.
Qi Baosong says he likes fishing so much that he can sit through a morning motionlessly waiting for a fish to take his bait.
Authorities plan to inspect the recently opened Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to ensure its safety after equipment on it failed on three separate occasions in four days, a railways official said on Thursday.
People across the capital are now braving the dog days' heat to get their hands on an ancient Chinese remedy that helps stave off winter ailments.
Dominic Johnson-Hill successfully created his brand Plastered 8 in China. He likes this place. "Beijing is a city like a man, and people are very nice."