Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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Police have arrested a man who confessed to having sexually assaulted 15 women in elevators in Daxing district.

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Tighten up rules on foreigners, says online survey
Foreigners coming to China should be scrutinized to find out whether they have sufficient cash funds, a property or a job, said 94.4 percent of voters in a survey on Sina Weibo.

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Switching off
According to statistics reported in Caijing in May by the iResearch Consultancy Company, the number of people regularly watching TV in Beijing has dropped from 70 percent to 30 percent over the last three years, largely due to increased competition from the internet, personal computers and smartphones.

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Freeloaders exploit new train policy
Beijing Railway Bureau plans to tighten up the real-name ticket identification checks at stations in the capital to crackdown on people who take advantage of the current lax ticket checks, said the bureau Monday.

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Panda bites man, again
A Beijing Zoo panda fended off another intruder from his enclosure at the weekend, the fourth such incident of an over-eager sightseer trying to get up close and personal with the same not-so-cuddly creature.

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Getting high
Wudang Mountain, the sacred land of Taoism, is definitely worth a visit

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Cellist apologizes for train seat feet fight
Russian cellist Oleg Vedernikov last night publicly apologized in a video uploaded to Sina for his behavior on a train bound for Beijing earlier this week, when he was filmed insulting a fellow passenger.

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Pet charity in urgent appeal for aid
A Beijing-based animal protection NGO is appealing for help as they are running out of money to support the many stray animals they take in.

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Will capital swallow Yellow River?
Any plans to alleviate the capital’s chronic water shortages by transferring water from the Yellow River, China’s second longest waterway, might be misguided, say water resource experts.

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Houdini tiger escapes wildlife park
A Bengal tiger escaped from its enclosure in a wildlife park near the Badaling section of the Great Wall on Saturday morning.

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Brit beaten after alleged sex attack
A British man has been detained by police for indecency, after he was alleged to have molested a young Chinese woman around 11 pm on Tuesday evening, on Xuanwumenwai Dajie, Xicheng district, Beijing public security bureau (PSB) confirmed Thursday.

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Filled with dread
Today, Fairy Tale Killer, China's ninth horror film of 2012 hits screens across the city. Media critics have jumped at the chance to dub 2012 a great "horror spring" for Chinese cinema, but the fans are screaming with rage, not terror, at the thought of another homemade horror film.

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Beijing to shut down polluting industries to improve PM2.5
Beijing has announced a new crackdown on polluting industrial businesses which are major contributors to the capital's PM2.5 emissions, Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) said Wednesday.

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Lie to me
We live in a world of lies. Every single day lies cloud investigations, politics, transactions and marriages. Everyone from astute politicians to shrewd business elites, insane murderers and changeable lovers are going about their business of deceit. There is a machine that can supposedly catch these dishonest denizens, though China is only just discovering its potential.

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Police to patrol city's hospitals
In an attempt to protect medical workers from violent attacks from the public, police officers will be stationed at major hospitals in Beijing.

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CD Blues gets down, shuts down
Beijing’s oldest existing live music house, CD Blues, was shut down yesterday after the city cut power to the 16-year-old venue late last week. The landlord claims the move is to facilitate the expansion of the neighboring National Agricultural Exhibition Center (NAEC) on the East Third Ring Road.

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Will Beijing bend car lottery rules?
Beijing is considering amending the car plate lottery regulations, to make the system fairer for those who have been entering for a long time, but failed to win.

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Lottery addicts risk losing it all, warn experts
Experts Wednesday warned that millions of people are addicted to buying lottery tickets, and have urged the government to rein in the fast-growing industry.

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No joint ventures in Beijing's hostels
A Chinese traveler has accused a Beijing youth hostel of discrimination, after staff refused to honor his booking, saying that foreigners and Chinese citizens are not allowed to share the same dormitory.

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Society's male nurse grudge
Health professionals calling for an increase in the number of male nurses in China are facing an uphill battle in attracting men to the profession, due to a mixture of discrimination and belief that the job is only for women.

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