The capital is battling a 10 percent drop in the daily supply of blood from donors at a time when there is usually a rise in demand, according to Beijing Red Cross Blood Center.
Ola Zdzarska says Beijing is full of attractive and interesting men and women who are just waiting to meet a partner. "There is plenty of fish in the sea, especially in Beijing. The biggest difference in Beijing compared to other cities in Europe is that more women speed-date than men. Chinese men are too shy," she says.
Lifelike dishes of food, crafted from precious stones, are displayed at the 12th China International Jewelry Fair, a four-day event that was held in Beijing, on July 16, 2011.
Discovered begging in a Beijing subway station, Zhang Shangwu - a former champion gymnast turned thief - has been offered a wide choice of jobs and help, thanks to two days of extensive media coverage.
Some of Da Vinci's expensive furniture was not made abroad but in Dongguan, South China's Guangdong province.
Authorities plan to inspect the recently opened Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to ensure its safety after equipment on it failed on three separate occasions in four days, a railways official said on Thursday.
People across the capital are now braving the dog days' heat to get their hands on an ancient Chinese remedy that helps stave off winter ailments.
More than 30 bullet trains were brought to a halt by a power failure on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway on Tuesday.
Beijing will receive up to 3 billion yuan (about $462 million) of funding from the central government over the next three years to improve the development of its service industry.
Chen Xin has fared well as a middle school student in the capital. His grades are good and he has made many friends.
Beijing is planning to pilot government-sponsored bike rentals in a renewed effort to ease the city's gridlocked traffic after private firms retreat from the market due to huge losses.
BEIJING - Although China's diehard Harry Potter fans will have to wait until early August for the final film in the series, which premiered in London on July 7, they can already talk to their icon online.