The bidding war among people wanting to sell food at one of the city's most popular and profitable temple fairs was even crazier than usual when it was held on Tuesday.
A dispute between two families over which one is the rightful owner of a sprawling property in Fengtai district was heard in two courts recently, with one court favoring one family and the other favoring their rivals.
A Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport (BMCT) spokeswoman has been explaining why it plans to issue only one-third of the number of vehicle licenses next year than it did in 2010.
Air quality, which will be the key factor in evaluating the capital's overall environmental quality during the next five years, is mainly affected by motor vehicle pollution, officials said on Monday.
The lowest salary in Beijing will be raised by almost 20 percent - from the current 960 yuan per month to 1,160 yuan - the biggest increase ever, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security announced on Monday.
The other day, when I passed Dongsishitiao, near the New Poly Plaza, I noticed a newly-opened museum that I had once visited had closed its doors.
A tense standoff between police and a driver who allegedly claimed to have a bomb in his vehicle ended without injury on Saturday when officers broke their way into his car and arrested him.
A group of 18 Chinese tourists that was stuck in England when severe weather closed that country's main airport last week was expected to finally return to Beijing on the weekend after several extra days in London.
Beijing is working on making all public spaces - including work sites and transportation options - tobacco-free by the end of 2015, the Health Bureau revealed.
One man was detained for illegally storing fireworks in Beijing, which is being blamed for an explosion on Thursday night, police said Friday.
Beijing's tallest building will tower 500 meters above the city and stand on an 11,478-square-meter site in the Central Business District that sold at auction for 6.3 billion yuan on Dec 21.
Christian Bale will lead the cast of Nanjing Heroes (tentative title), director Zhang Yimou's new work set during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed.
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