Blog about star costs 'Big Mouth' 100,000 yuan fine
2010-04-16 08:24:28
An outspoken blogger has been ordered to pay 100,000 yuan to an actress after he claimed online she had an affair with one of China's electronics retail tycoons.
Housing prices are still through the roof
2010-04-15 08:24:50
More than 60 percent of people selling their homes say they plan to use the proceeds to buy another property, according to a report by Centaline property agency.
Farmers con 140,000 yuan from Germans
2010-04-15 08:24:50
Police in Chongwen district have rounded up a gang of farmers that they say tricked a foreign company out of more than 140,000 yuan, Beijing News reported on Wednesday.
French flair for a picture perfect festival
2010-04-15 08:25:38
The works of foreign and domestic photographers will be on exhibit at more than 20 galleries in the city
Capital a tough act for acrobats
2010-04-14 08:26:20
A circus from Wuqiao, the hometown of acrobatics in China, was lured to the capital with dreams of big box-office returns. Instead, it has found that cracking the entertainment market here is tougher than a walk across a high wire.
Heavier fines for heavy vehicles 'will not make any difference'
2010-04-14 08:26:20
Overweight trucks passing through the capital will soon face a tougher fine system that charges an extra 100 yuan for follow-up offences, the traffic management bureau announced Tuesday.
Business opportunity a gas for entrepreneur
2010-04-13 09:52:53
Former CEO of IT company starts again by mapping out gasoline rates
Mahjong mastery clicks and clacks - with expats
2010-04-13 08:22:53
"Hu Le", Daisy Weidmann shouted excitedly as she drew a circle eight from a pile of tiles arranged like a wall.
Online posting tells of shortcuts to cheap parking
2010-04-12 08:21:25
In a bid to help people deal with the recent rise in parking fees, a posting on how to park cars economically has appeared on the Internet and has been highlighted as a featured post in auto.mop, a famous automobile forum.
Car stock grows in frosty auto market
2010-04-12 08:21:25
Car buyers shouldn't need to queue for months to collect their new cars, experts predict of Beijing's cooling car market in April.
Step into a constantly changing world of light
2010-04-12 08:22:18
Interactive project forces people to expand their sensory awareness