A move by Beijing's traffic management bureau to stop issuing car license plates bearing the "unlucky" number "4" has been greeted with a mixed response.
People wanting to take part in Sunday's Beijing Marathon had to be quick out of the starting blocks this year because the race is now so popular that all spaces were snapped up by Sept 10 - a month earlier than last year.
Twelve expats who have been helping Beijingers learn foreign languages were named "honorable volunteers" this weekend as part of the Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages campaign.
Students from migrant worker families and those from overseas at Beijing's primary and high schools will be able to get free inoculations for the flu along with local students between Oct 20 and Nov 30.
Report says city's education system will benefit from overseas influx
The revitalization of Beijing's overlooked west side is likely to involve more than 80 projects and an expenditure of 200 billion yuan, planners revealed on Tuesday.
Beijing's central heating is likely to be switched on early this winter, when the average temperature plunges below 5 C for five days consecutively or when a heavy snowfall or high wind hits the city.
The heavy fog could not obscure the romantic atmosphere in Beijing as thousands of new couples poured into their local marriage registries on Oct 10 hoping to benefit from the lucky "two tens", which, in a Chinese idiom shiquanshimei, meaning everything is perfect.
Rescue teams around the capital had a busy holiday season responding to calls for help.
Foreigners in Beijing now account for around 1 percent of the capital's population.
Overwhelmed by a huge number of visitors who flocked to the capital's Forbidden City during the National Day holiday, authorities at the 590-year-old palace said an e-ticketing system will be introduced next year to cap entries in a bid to protect the monument.
New course aims to teach big-city survival skills in the capital
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