'Dated business model' and 'bad location' blamed
Beijing may soon require real estate developers to reveal the price of each individual apartment in their projects.
The busy season has begun for the legions of gift card scalpers who make a living from buying unwanted cards and reselling them.
Guo Baoyan, from Weifang, eastern Shandong province, is a 29-year-old horse riding instructor at the Beijing Great Wall Sunshine Valley Equestrian Club in Beijing's Yanqing county.
Riding is becoming an increasingly popular activity among Beijing urbanites.
In the opulent presidential suite, Riaz Mahmood seats himself comfortably in a corner of the couch and sips coffee from a ceramic cup.
Even just a few decades ago, for most Beijingers taking a bath was a luxurious activity that only happened on special occasions.
Communal bathhouses were part of everyday life in Beijing. But as lifestyles change, washing with others is becoming a thing of the past and the traditional public bathhouses are giving way to modern bathing complexes, Qin Zhongwei and Meng Jing report
Gong Jianzhong has a lot of time on his hands these days. While he used to be busy each day negotiating purchases with consumers, he now gets to sit in his office for longer than he would like, reading newspapers and surfing the Internet.
Toyota sellers in Beijing are suffering a slump in business.
A 36-year-old foodstuff salesman became the first person in China to try out a brand new way of shopping, signing up for newly launched consumer financing in the capital yesterday.
When he made the highest bids for food stalls at two local temple fairs that occurred during Spring Festival, Kebab King Gu Shengli was confident he would make millions.