Trains added to deal with spike in Expo passengers
2010-04-27 08:02:03
The Beijing Railway Administration will run four extra trains to Shanghai from Wednesday to meet the increasing demand of visitors from the capital to the world's fair, which opens Saturday.
Feast for car lovers hits the city
2010-04-26 08:12:41
Car enthusiasts are in for a treat with some of the world's best and most expensive cars at the Auto China 2010 exhibition.
New hours upset public workers ...
2010-04-26 08:12:03
More than 800,000 employees - and their families - are affected by a half-hour delay in the start to their workday
Video security cameras zoom in on privacy issues
2010-04-26 08:12:03
The capital's expansive drive to install surveillance cameras, which are said to be playing a major role in public security, is itself drawing watchful eyes: citizens and experts who decry the loss of privacy.
Buck stops with wardens for deaths in custody
2010-04-26 08:12:03
Prisons told to check if inmates are being abused or bullied
Four trains put doctors on track to open eyes in remote regions
2010-04-23 07:55:22
This is the 13th year Dong Shuzhen has left Beijing on an eight-month trip to help blind people in remote areas see again.
Financial diary of a groom
2010-04-23 07:45:52
Jiang Chen (not his real name), a 26-year-old public servant, got married on April 10. It took him two and half years to prepare. The couple and their parents spent a total of 1.2 million yuan on starting a new life together, including the wedding and honeymoon trip, and buying a home, furniture and a car.
Laborers win 3.37m yuan in compensation
2010-04-23 07:45:52
Fifty-two laborers who were stranded in Romania last year have won 3.37 million yuan in compensation in a suit against a Beijing job agency, a judge said on Thursday.
Medical tourists give Japan a shot in the arm
2010-04-23 07:45:52
More Beijingers are visiting Japan for healthcare services, as the country tries to attract well-off Chinese who are dissatisfied with domestic hospitals.
Jury's still out for a massage that calms more than the sole
2010-04-22 10:46:45
With foot rubbing businesses growing rapidly, many staff have been given only short-term training
Airlines to Europe fly again
2010-04-22 10:28:03
China's largest airline, Air China, said all its flights from Beijing to Europe had returned to "normal" service on Wednesday.
Armed cops step up patrols at city airport
2010-04-22 09:41:26
Armed police officers started patrolling in Beijing Capital International Airport from Wednesday as Beijing prepares for an influx of arrivals due to the Shanghai World Expo.