Single people's Christmas crisis

The city of Beijing is getting festive with the arrival of Christmas. Shopping mall business is up, restaurant bookings are up, and box office ticket sales are up. Perhaps the only things "down" in the city are the feelings of single people.

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Home for Christmas

For many expat families in China, where and how to spend Christmas is an annual dilemma. Where to get a Christmas tree? Where to buy the turkey or where to get Christmas stockings?

Festive shopping at Ikea

This year's most popular Christmas gifts from Ikea include home furnishings like pillows, blankets, vases and Christmas textiles to make curtains, according to Virginia Ni, PR specialist at Ikea in Beijing.

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Billionaires' banquet baits beauties

It was the most expensive matchmaking party ever held in Beijing. There were 21 single billionaires, 22 single women and an admission fee of 100,000 yuan.

Tap water complaints flood health institute

There was an increase in the number of citizen complaints this year regarding drinking water quality, revealing the questionable quality of secondary supply water in the city.

Easy rider for long legged men

The owner of a celebrity-autographed Dodge Ram Wagon is looking for a buyer for his collection, which has hosted five NBA superstars during their China trips.

More Taiwan tourists flock to city as cross-Straits ties improve

More than 220,000 Taiwan tourists had visited Beijing by the end of November, a rise of almost 70 percent year-on-year as a result of closer exchanges and facilitated services, the Beijing municipal bureau of tourism said in a report.

Son of farmer murdered in demolition appeals

The son of a farmer from Miyun county, who was killed during the forced demolition of his home last year, has appealed to the Beijing Higher Court.

H1N1 treatment is economic worry

As the increase of A/H1N1 flu cases in the city slows, worries are growing among some patients and families not only about their lives, but about the financial burdens.