China extends alert against cold wave
2010-01-03 10:45:45
The Central Meteorological Station Sunday extended the warning against strong cold wave, snowstorm and heavy fog by issuing another orange alert. Slides
Heavy snow sweeps Beijing, other regions
Beijing embraces new year's first snow
2010-01-02 13:41:29
Beijingers woke up to see the first snowfall of the new year Saturday, after nearly two months of drought.
Largest fake medicine gang in Beijing court
2009-12-31 10:42:00
Two stand trial for producing and selling more than 10 tons of counterfeit drugs Two leaders of the city's largest counterfeit medicine group, who stored more than 10 tons of fake medicine, were brought to Xuanwu district court yesterday.
Tap water may be monitored online
2009-12-31 09:51:08
A citywide, real-time online monitoring system - the first of its kind in China- has been proposed by the Beijing Health Inspection Institute, to enhance the supervision on drinking water quality following the contamination of 17 cases of drinking water in 2009.
Recording 2009 - Metro reporters reflect on the year
2009-12-31 09:49:54
Some of METRO's journalists reflect on memorable reporting experiences in the past year
Why Koreans flock to this local clinic
2009-12-31 09:36:40
For the past four years, 41-year-old South Korean Song Hyang Yo and her husband rarely visited public hospitals for medical treatment in Beijing. Instead, this couple preferred the clinic near their residential area - Wangjing New Town Medical Center.
Taiwan suspects of largest phone scam nabbed
2009-12-31 08:59:37
Five Taiwan men, assigned to the mainland to collect money from telephone scams, were arrested for their role in the single largest telephone scam in the mainland of 10.7 million yuan, police said yesterday.
Nowhere for the garbage in Chinese capital
2009-12-30 15:45:14
China's capital city is running out of space to bury garbage, but plans to burn waste remain controversial over health concerns, chinanews.com.cn reported.
Desperate kidnapper of French senior charged
2009-12-30 10:53:16
A local district court has charged a man for kidnapping a French woman from one of Beijing's most famous shopping streets in September.
Beijinger to open shopping mall in Milwaukee
2009-12-30 10:49:07
A Beijing company has purchased a shopping mall in the US, marking the largest overseas acquisition of commercial property by a Chinese enterprise to date.
Rush to buy real estate despite high prices
2009-12-30 10:41:30
A majority of Beijing residents are concerned about unaffordable housing prices in the city, a new central bank survey said.
Maids' responsibilities made clear
2009-12-30 08:50:04
The working requirements of maids and cleaners in Beijing are for the first time being clarified with the recent release of a list of acceptable, and unacceptable, duties.