Environmentalists are expressing concern about the proposed Sujiatuo garbage burner in Haidian district after the local government began its environmental impact assessment last week.
A man whose wife and son were abducted 12 years ago from Chengdu, Sichuan province met them again in Shanxi province on Nov 19, the West China Metropolitan News reported Tuesday.
There has been a changing of the guard among the city's firefighters after 838 veterans hung up their protective helmets and retired on Monday and Tuesday.
Beijing's firefighters will be able to practice their high-rise rescue skills thanks to a three-dimensional computer simulation that will familiarize them with the city's tallest buildings.
Four-year search for diagnosis ends as family finally given hopeThe 4-year-old girl who traveled to the capital last week desperately seeking a cure for an ailment that left her with a massively oversized stomach has been diagnosed and is being treated by China's top expert.
Local residents in the capital may start thinking twice before throwing an apple core into a bin for non-recyclable garbage as they may soon face a fine up to 200 yuan ($30).
Beijing's sixth census shows that the expatriate community in Beijing has remained stable at 110,000, census officials said on Wednesday.
The capital's taxi drivers come in all shapes and sizes but imagine hailing a cab and being greeted by a foreign driver.
Fresher air follows after city moves away from coalWith the firing up of the heat supply system on Monday, Beijing welcomed an additional 13,000 households in Dongcheng and Xicheng districts to the centralized system, marking the end of the polluting and dangerous coal-burning days in those parts of town.
Club managers sign declaration of responsibility From now on, the legal representatives, managers and owners of KTV clubs and bathing houses that are involved in prostitution will be held accountable for the illegal activity.
Beijing's "house slaves" - those people who work around the clock to pay off their mortgages - have the poorest quality of sleep in China, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Some doctors are encouraging patients to use their own blood during surgery as a means of relieving the blood shortage in the city.
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