Leading Japanese retailer Ito Yokado, part of Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, is still considering if it will close its operations in Beijing on Tuesday, a day when China remembers Japan's wartime occupation of parts of the country.
Beijing is expected to set up duty-free shops in its downtown area, said an official at the first general assembly of the World Tourism Cities Federation in Beijing on Saturday.
The annual China Incentives, Business Travel & Meetings event took place from Sept 12 to 14 in Beijing, attracting over 30 international buyers and 5,000 domestic and global participants.
Beijing's housing turnover last week dropped nearly 20 percent compared with the previous week mainly due to the rising prices of the properties for sale.
Three vehicles collided on a national highway in suburban Beijing, leaving four people dead and 11 others injured early Monday morning, local authorities said.
The collapse of a Beijing factory on Wednesday left one worker dead and two others buried under debris, according to a local government announcement.
Three people allegedly responsible for the death of a woman who fell into hot water have been detained.
Police have arrested a man thought to be behind the theft of goods worth 1.6 million yuan ($253,760) from Beijing luxury houses in 20 burglaries since 2010.
A ban on smoking will be written into the capital's municipal regulations as the city increases its anti-smoking efforts.
One person was killed and 272 were injured by firecrackers in Beijing since Jan 22, municipal authorities said Tuesday.
Beijing has seen a decline in PM2.5 density besides the decrease of the PM10 density during the past decade, environmental authorities said.
Air pollution in China's big cities gets lot of attention, but one British entrepreneur says the challenge can be faced.
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