Festival celebrates love of languages
2010-10-18 08:22:12
Twelve expats who have been helping Beijingers learn foreign languages were named "honorable volunteers" this weekend as part of the Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages campaign.
Overseas kids can get flu jab
2010-10-18 08:22:12
Students from migrant worker families and those from overseas at Beijing's primary and high schools will be able to get free inoculations for the flu along with local students between Oct 20 and Nov 30.
Bid to lure more foreign students
2010-10-14 07:59:04
Report says city's education system will benefit from overseas influx
Luxury complexes turn eyes to the west
2010-10-13 08:11:50
The revitalization of Beijing's overlooked west side is likely to involve more than 80 projects and an expenditure of 200 billion yuan, planners revealed on Tuesday.
City fires up for the winter cold
2010-10-12 11:15:34
Beijing's central heating is likely to be switched on early this winter, when the average temperature plunges below 5 C for five days consecutively or when a heavy snowfall or high wind hits the city.
Couples have date with destiny
2010-10-11 08:12:48
The heavy fog could not obscure the romantic atmosphere in Beijing as thousands of new couples poured into their local marriage registries on Oct 10 hoping to benefit from the lucky "two tens", which, in a Chinese idiom shiquanshimei, meaning everything is perfect.
Love of Great Outdoors getting many into trouble
2010-10-11 08:12:48
Rescue teams around the capital had a busy holiday season responding to calls for help.
Capital growing more global as new expats arrive
2010-10-11 08:12:48
Foreigners in Beijing now account for around 1 percent of the capital's population.
Large crowds force Forbidden City to rethink ticketing policy
2010-10-07 08:04:27
Overwhelmed by a huge number of visitors who flocked to the capital's Forbidden City during the National Day holiday, authorities at the 590-year-old palace said an e-ticketing system will be introduced next year to cap entries in a bid to protect the monument.
Rural folk get lessons on city life
2010-09-30 08:04:00
New course aims to teach big-city survival skills in the capital
Embattledbookstores look to start new chapter
2010-09-30 08:04:00
Under threat from Internet and rising rents, they look to find niche
History lovers race to protect city's threatened buried past
2010-09-30 08:04:00
A new law is being drafted to better protect the capital's underground relics, according to a member of the city's political consultative conference, which met to discuss the issue earlier this week.