Experts and local residents were talking about their hopes and fears for the Gulou - or Drum Tower - area on Monday after hearing details of the local government's scaled-down redevelopment.
Beijing is set to tap into its underground space on a large scale this year with the central districts of Chaoyang, Xicheng and Dongcheng as well as Tongzhou all putting forward ambitious plans.
Beijing and London will work closely together in the years to come to improve the air in both cities.
Railway stations in Beijing are ready for the Spring Festival travel period and have at their disposal a large number of police officers.
An ice festival being held in the grounds of the Old Summer Palace has drawn a mixed reaction from both locals and visitors, with some saying the landmark could be damaged.
The city's procurators - Beijing's equivalent of the United States' district attorneys - will be monitored by a team of 119 members of the public under a new initiative that aims to ensure prosecutors' fairness is beyond question.
Beijing's hiking community had a mixed reaction to news that one of its favorite spots was being viewed as dangerous and could be off limits.
There was a slight fall in the number of people arrested and the volume of public prosecutions last year but a spike "duty crimes" involving such things as bribery and corruption.
Car rental agencies have been enjoying a boom in business ever since new restrictions made it harder for people to buy an automobile in the capital.
The third generation of Huang Rixin's "capsule apartment" project - which aimed to offer tiny living spaces for small rents to ease the housing pressure on migrant workers - failed to attract any interest at an auction Tuesday, marking the end of the inventor's dream.
More than 30 local police officers were recently selected to begin training in techniques to recognize and combat pickpockets inside railway stations.
Starting Tuesday - the first working day of 2011 - vehicles that are not registered in Beijing are prohibited from entering the urban area inside the Fifth Ring Road during the two daily rush hours.
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