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  • School closure leaves 750 children stranded

    2011-08-04 07:59

    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 offers moon cakes and hampers for the Mid-Autumn Festival

    2011-08-03 19:30

    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.

  • Escalators for new Beijing subway line recalled

    2011-08-02 07:26

    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.

  • Volunteers provide a guiding light for travelers

    2011-08-01 07:25

    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.

  • Municipal offices renting parking spots to public

    2011-08-01 07:33

    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.

  • Possible punishment for idle plate lottery winners

    2011-07-27 17:35

    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.

  • Officials urge to ease subway overcrowding

    2011-07-26 07:45

    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.

  • Food crisis in Asia: Gardens of Beijing

    2011-07-20 10:59

    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.

  • Shooting for a dream

    2011-07-15 07:38

    Qi Baosong says he likes fishing so much that he can sit through a morning motionlessly waiting for a fish to take his bait.

  • Ministry apologizes for delays on railway

    2011-07-15 07:24

    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.

  • Beijing clinics provide sanfutie on 1st dog day

    2011-07-15 07:30

    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.

  • My life in a Beijing alley

    2011-07-11 09:40

    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."

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