Two people found dead in Beijing Sunday night are suspected to have been killed by thunder strike, as the heaviest rainstorm of the year pounded Beijing from Sunday through Monday morning.
Beijing has strengthened safety procedures on the city's subway network in the wake of a fatal train crash in east China, the Beijing Times reported Monday.
New rounds of drenching rain will continue in Beijing this week, after a Sunday downpour put an end to the hot and hazy weather.
Micro blogs were an important platform for sharing information about the rail accident that killed at least 35 people and injured 192 in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, on Saturday.
As the capital's population rapidly ages, the government will offer more help to its gray-haired citizens, including a monthly subsidy of 1,100 yuan ($171), according to a senior civil affairs official.
Railway authority is about to suspend two pairs of bullet trains on part of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway because of their low occupancy rate.
Li Chenguang does not rush decisions like buying a new car. After being named a winner in the capital's so-called license-plate lottery, he has spent months researching makes and models.
Beijing's traffic woes have been slightly eased since a series of measures were put into effect in the first half of 2011, a senior transportation official said on Wednesday.
The difference seen between incomes in Beijing and Shanghai, two of the largest cities in China, has become greater in the past decade.
A chemical that ripens fruits and vegetables does no harm to human health, experts said following recent reports about a ripener used in several provinces.
China's think tanks called on Monday for stricter steps to be taken to control the capital's fast-increasing population and said population pressures are likely to become stronger in the next 20 years.
Beijing is about to witness its longest period of continuous rain for at least four years, weather experts said.
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