The drowning of a young man in Jingmi water channel on Tuesday night was the seventh death in the channel in July alone.
Wen Zhang, who has rebellious tattoos on his leg and is father of a 2-year-old baby, surprised many people when he won the role of a 21-year-old autistic man in the literary film Ocean Heaven, which is action star Jet Li's first movie without martial arts scenes.
Diamonds are hot this summer and prices have shot up by 20 to 30 percent in recent weeks as more people have decided to invest in stones larger than one carat.
Many Beijingers have called for the installation of screen doors at Beijing's old subway stations after a man jumped onto the track Monday morning, bringing chaos to the city's peak commuting period.
A wave of students is anxious to take the last of the old Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) before changes come into effect in August 2011.
A team of experts will delve into the divisive issue of who earns what in the capital.
The Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau released its wage guidelines for 13 industries, ranging from the food manufacturing industry to the real estate development industry, for 2009/2010 on Friday.
A new wave of blisteringly high temperatures has hit the capital at the same time as high humidity air has made Beijing feel even hotter.
A convoy of 20 RV vehicles that set out from Germany on May 15 carrying more than 40 seniors arrived in Beijing after 70 days on the road.
The time-honored brands on Liulichang, a famed antique street in Beijing known for its hundreds-of-years-old shops selling ancient books, calligraphy, ink stones and rubbings are seeking to boost their shrinking business by going online.
Beijing Consumers' Association along with the Hong Kong Consumer Council released a consumer reminder on July 21, suggesting that mainland tourists to Hong Kong should "shop around" when choosing travel agencies and avoid ones offering suspiciously low prices.
About a five-minute-walk from the "ablest nail house" near the intersection of Shuguang West Road and Taiyanggong South Street in Chaoyang district, a few old courtyards stand in the middle of two construction sites, like a little wedge squeezed into a vast forest of high-rise buildings.
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