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China Daily 30 Anniversary Edition

'Imperial metal' strikes new chords

[2010-01-18 08:08]

"I've totally had those no pants dreams," said heavy metal legend Kaiser Kuo about performing acoustic sets with his new band, Chunqiu, or Spring and Autumn.

Inventor set to blow away public

[2010-01-18 08:08]

Composer, performer, instrument maker, "multiple flutist" - Canadian Bruce Gremo is a man of many titles. On Jan 29 he will be the title act at the Beijing Conservatory as he showcases a self-invented flute via telecast to both Beijing and Canada.

Melding abstraction with tradition

[2010-01-18 08:08]

A painting that looks like a sparking electrical bolt - made not with an brush but by a whirling machine - and a seemingly traditional Chinese painting executed with acrylics are among the striking works at an exhibition called Reclaim, Manifest in 798 art district.

Burning issue over crematorium move

[2010-01-11 08:17]

About 200 families in a village in western Beijing eagerly await compensation for their newly built bungalows as the government prepares to buy up their land for the relocation of the city's largest crematorium.

'Fire charges could extend to police for wrongdoing'

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Local police officers may end up facing charges for alleged wrongdoing connected to the deadly blaze that severely damaged the brand new five-billion-yuan CCTV tower last February, local media reported yesterday.

Military base fined for negligence in flu case

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Daxing military training base, where 3,100 first-year students of Beihang University underwent military training in October last year, was fined 60,000 yuan for negligence in the death of the first A/H1N1 patient in Beijing, the city's public emergency management office said.

Avatar a dream come true for ticket scalpers

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Tickets for the 3-D and IMAX versions of the blockbuster movie Avatar were selling for up to four times their original price during the first weekend of James Cameron's epic film.

Testing time for postgraduates

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Expert: Majority of students take exam to get good jobs, not continue education

First Mr Gay China pageant unveils contestants

[2010-01-11 08:17]

This is the question everyone will soon be asking, as both foreign and Chinese press caught their first glimpse of five of the eight Mr Gay China Pageant contestants yesterday afternoon at Lantung Bar and Bistro in Solana Mall.

7-year-old recoversafter her mauling

[2010-01-11 08:17]

A seven-year-old girl who was attacked by three dogs in the care of a government ministry will get financial support for the mauling that left her with 17 bite marks.

Kidnapped engineer leaps to freedom from 3rd floor apartment

[2010-01-11 08:17]

A Beijing engineer, who was reportedly kidnapped by the landlord of a flat he wanted to rent, said he escaped by jumping off from the third floor apartment on Friday.

Beijing Bites

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Snow-cleaner recovering

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