Youths worst hit by H1N1
2009-10-28 09:14:57
Children and teenagers are the hardest hit from a spike in A(H1N1) flu cases across the capital, doctors say.
Start-ups get finance, mentoring
2009-10-27 14:57:10
A seminar by a relatively unknown but established Chinese organization offering small free-interest loans and mentorship to wannabe business people was held at Renmin University last Friday.
Secrets of a successful expat life revealed
2009-10-27 13:12:49
There is a time for everything, wrote King Solomon. And I'm sure that wise old king would have said there is a time for every expat to leave China.
Small loans for a new start
2009-10-27 10:18:02
Xu Jintan, 47, never wants to go back to the life she had ten years ago.
Elderly subsidy program expanded
2009-10-27 10:17:47
About 380,000 people in Beijing will benefit from a government subsidy program aiming to support the elderly and disabled from next year.
Fans snap up tickets to Michael Jackson theater Thriller
2009-10-27 10:16:45
Thousands of Michael Jackson fans are counting down the hours to This Is It, the documentary about the King of Pop's final days, which opens in cinemas at midnight.
PhD holder jailed for selling skulls
2009-10-27 09:49:37
A Chinese American with a PhD has been sentenced to 8 years jail for buying and selling human skulls.
Investors to sue 11 renowned banks
2009-10-27 09:28:14
A group of 30 millionaires plan to sue 11 foreign banks including ABN AMRO, DBS, HSBC, and Citibank in Beijing, claiming those banks cheated them into buying complex financial derivatives which led to losses of more than HK$1 billion yuan ($129 million).
Wedding planners under fire
2009-10-27 08:58:57
Up to 70 percent of Beijing's wedding planners engage in substandard practices and put at risk the happiest day of many couple's lives, experts say.
Festival rites for the elderly
2009-10-26 11:08:05
Children kowtow to the old during the "Third Double Nine Festival Rites for the Elderly" jointly organized by the Confucian Temple and Imperial College Museum in Beijing, October 25, 2009.
Comment: Riding Beijing's labyrinth
2009-10-26 09:13:29
It was 7:45 am on a bright and sunny morning when I got my glimpse of something resembling a sardine can, rolling into the Communication University of China station on the Batong line.
'A high passion for English'
2009-10-26 09:12:13
The English-speaking population in Beijing will reach 6 million by the end of this year, an increase of 35 percent over the past five years, said a senior official with the foreign affairs office of the Beijing government.