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Posted on May 24, 2012 00:05
Police have arrested a man who confessed to having sexually assaulted 15 women in elevators in Daxing district.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 00:30
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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Posted on May 22, 2012 22:55
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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Posted on May 21, 2012 23:40
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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Posted on May 21, 2012 00:15
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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Posted on May 20, 2012 19:55
Wudang Mountain, the sacred land of Taoism, is definitely worth a visit
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Posted on May 18, 2012 00:20
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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Posted on May 17, 2012 00:00
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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Posted on May 16, 2012 00:25
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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Posted on May 13, 2012 23:50
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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Posted on May 11, 2012 00:40
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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Posted on May 10, 2012 21:05
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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Posted on May 10, 2012 00:30
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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Posted on May 08, 2012 22:15
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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Posted on May 07, 2012 23:35
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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Posted on May 07, 2012 00:00
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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Posted on May 03, 2012 23:30
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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Posted on May 02, 2012 02:40
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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Posted on May 02, 2012 00:05
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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Posted on April 26, 2012 23:50
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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