Beijing News
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By AFP
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Beijing authorities on Monday reported the Chinese capital's first death from a new deadly virus that has rapidly spread across the country, killing more than 80 people and causing global alarm.
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On September 15 and 16, 2018, the highly-antipated two-day electronic music festival Ultra China Beijing will take place at the NHC Base in Beijing.
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By AFP
Bejing -
China warned the US that any deals reached during ongoing trade talks would be void if Washington went ahead with imposing tariffs on Chinese goods, as the latest round of negotiations ended on Sunday in Beijing.
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Toronto -
A study of air pollution in three Canadian subway systems showed the air quality in Toronto’s subway system is the worst. An author of the report compared the pollution in the subway system in Canada’s largest city to a day in Beijing.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Budding Chinese sleuths could start stalking foreigners as suspected spies in Beijing after authorities in the city on Monday offered a cash bonanza for information on overseas agents.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Budding Chinese sleuths could start stalking foreigners as suspected spies in Beijing after authorities in the city on Monday offered a cash bonanza for information on overseas agents.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Budding Chinese sleuths could start stalking foreigners as suspected spies in Beijing after authorities in the city on Monday offered a cash bonanza for information on overseas agents.
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Beijing -
Tensions between the United States and China worsened last week after the U.S. Navy sent a warship past disputed islands in the South China Sea.
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At least 100 toilets with free Wi-fi access and automated teller machines will soon sprout across the Chinese capital of Beijing.
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Shanghai -
The smog in Shanghai has hit its highest level since January of this year, prompting authorities to ban outdoor activities for school children and curtailing work at construction sites and factories.
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Cheap oil has already affected global markets and economies in countless ways, from disrupting Venezuelan politics to sinking the Russian ruble and introducing the world to “low-flation.”
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Kuala Lumpur -
Beijing was officially declared the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, narrowly beating Almaty, Kazakhstan by just four votes.
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Beijing -
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), all indoor public places in Beijing will be required by law to be 100 percent smoke-free by June 1, 2015.
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China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced during his recent visit to Brazil his country's intention to invest heavily in South America.
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Shenzhen -
A banquet for Chinese officials turned violent last week when journalists photographed them eating a critically endangered giant salamander, media reports say. The diners included senior police officials who appeared to flout Beijing's austerity campaign.
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On a high plateau in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas, in China, you will find the homeland of the Tibetan people. The Tibetan plateau is also home to a bovine-like animal called the Yak. The Yak has always played an important role in Tibetan culture.
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Beijing -
A new system introduced in Beijing is allowing people to get free phone card rebates or passes to public transport in exchange for simply recycling a used drinks bottle.
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Canberra -
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 flew for hours on autopilot before running out of fuel over the vast Indian Ocean and crashing, a team of international investigators searching for the plane now believe.
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China has many cities, and each has a certain sense of style that is reflected in hotels ranging from traditional Chinese to Japanese to Western.
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I've been teaching English in China for nine months now, and I've traveled from the south to the north, taking photos of interesting Chinese people along the way.
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Perth -
The co-pilot of a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner may have tried to make a cellphone call from the cockpit just before the aircraft disappeared.
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Beijing -
I remember watching the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics from my California TV. When I visited the site this year, I was surprised to find a thriving tourist hub and live circus.
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Beijing -
Thirteen Ming Dynasty Emperors, Empresses, and one royal eunuch were buried in a picturesque valley near Beijing. It's worth the trip to tour this mysterious, historical site.
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Beijing -
Prince Gong Mansion is a complex of homes, temples, gardens, and ponds in Beijing that illustrate court life in China's 18th Century.
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Beijing -
Justin Bieber had his bodyguards carry him up the Great Wall of China, but this Digital Journalist climbed it herself only to find a Chinese grandmother already there, cane in hand.
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By AFP
Kuala Lumpur -
05:15 GMT - Sympathy - My colleague Julia Zappei in Kuala Lumpur says the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has tweeted " My thoughts and prayers are with the family members of flight #MH370.
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For almost 500 years, the Forbidden City was the home of China's emperors and their households. A massive complex of grand halls, temples, courtyards, and gardens, this setting for China's impressive past will challenge the best walkers.
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One of the largest city squares in the world, Tiananmen has been the site of political turmoil and draws millions of tourists to see its war memorials, Mao's tomb, museums, government offices, and military parades.
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Beijing -
In Beijing, the air is so thick with toxic smog that officials are warning citizens to wear masks when outdoors, or stay inside. With air-quality levels rising far above what is considered safe, one scientist compared the foul air to a "nuclear winter."
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Built in the 18th Century and five times the size of the Forbidden City, Yuan Ming Yuan Gardens in Beijing was an amazing collection of parks, lakes, temples, museums, and western-style mansions surrounded by dancing fountains.
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Beijing Image
This dragon and phoenix guarded the Dowager Empress' Royal Hall
Young women in traditional attire greet customers at an upscale restaurant in Beijing
The right side of the Inner Court
Lonna Lisa Williams poses with an elderly Chinese couple in Tiananmen Square
Pea-soup smog on Beijing street. screen grab
A courtyard with painted windows that look out onto the lake
Passing a performing Chinese bear
Inside this building is an art gallery
Looking westward at the Great Wall of China
Overview of the Inner Court
Red prayer scrolls list people's hopes and wishes at a little garden temple
Lucky bamboo in the Imperial Garden that lies beyond the Inner Court
People rest inside an Imperial Garden gazebo
Farther east view of the Great Wall
Pausing on a balcony before the Inner Court
More stairs to the hilltop temple
The covered walkway that leads along the lake to the hilltop temple
The Dowager Empress Cixi's throne room
People wait in the courtyard to enter the buildings
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