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  • Detention center officer gets 11 years

    2010-07-14 09:20

    A policeman who worked at a detention center and who solicited bribes from detainees was sentenced to 11 years in prison at Xicheng district court on Monday.

  • Urban workers dream of enjoying 'good life'

    2010-07-14 09:17

    As netizens harvest their online "vegetables" on social networking websites like Kaixin001.com, others are considering becoming "metropolitan farmers" and spending their spare time planting farms in real urban villages.

  • Beijing police open public relations branch

    2010-07-14 09:15

    Netizens will be able to communicate with the Beijing police through microblogs in the near future, with the founding of the Beijing police's first public relations branch.

  • Merchants pass old off as new

    2010-07-13 09:48

    Merchants at the Zhongguancun electronics market in the capital are scrambling to buy second-hand high-end electronics products and pass them off as new in their stores in one of the year's busiest times for the scam.

  • Import tax to be levied on more parcels sent from overseas

    2010-07-13 09:48

    More postal parcels arriving in China from other countries will be subject to an import tax from Sept 1, according to the latest customs regulation.

  • Patients' scramble for care workers set to ease

    2010-07-13 09:41

    Care workers cannot keep up with demand in the capital's hospitals, prompting the Beijing health bureau to announce it will train more staff this year.

  • Police warn of phone scams after million-yuan con trick

    2010-07-13 09:35

    Police have issued a warning after an elderly woman from Southern Asia living in Beijing was swindled out of 1 million yuan.

  • Govt finds millions for social programs

    2010-07-13 09:23

    Beijing government will spend around 100 million yuan on the purchase of social service projects, aiming to meet various needs of the public and boost the development of social organizations.

  • Exam cheating claim rocks city's Open University

    2010-07-12 10:11

    Allegations of widespread cheating and complicity from teachers during Beijing Open University (BJOU) final exams have been reported in Beijing News.

  • School's out for adult learners

    2010-07-12 10:11

    "I was told unexpectedly a few days ago that my English classes were going to be cancelled," said Liang while sitting in the corridor on the eighth floor of Building Nine of Jianwai SOHO, Chaoyang district.

  • Ethical trade fair hits Beijing

    2010-07-12 10:06

    Beijing's first ethical trade fair, held on Saturday, had all the right ingredients: a charismatic guest speaker, good venue, extensive publicity and a driven and passionate founder.

  • Beijing fans go wacko for Jacko show

    2010-07-12 09:54

    Thriller Live, a world-touring musical celebrating pop king Michael Jackson's talents, started to rock Beijing on Sunday.

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