Qin Shanshan is the only female leader in the accident department at the Beijing traffic control and administrative bureau but while women are underrepresented on the payroll, the many awards she has received proves women are every bit as capable as Qin's male colleagues.
Beijing authorities have rolled out a bold plan to start running thousands of energy-saving, electric-powered vehicles later this year. But experts and consumers say the local market may not be ready for the drastic change from fuel to electricity.
Electric car designer Zhang Xiaochun says his cars not only have the potential to revolutionize the market, but they will benefit low-income earners the most.
Beijing's exorbitant housing prices have come under attack among deputies to the ongoing national legislative meeting, as senior officials opened fire on the bubble in the property market.
Li Wenjie, regional managing director at local real estate agency Centalline Group, shares his thoughts on the commercial property market in Beijing with METRO.
Beijing hukou holders, or Beijing "locals", have long enjoyed job and educational privileges in the capital.
Both good news and bad news await students returning to Beijing with a postgraduate degree from overseas universities.
1) New graduates can try to find jobs with the national ministries or State-owned enterprises, which typically offer a hukou to their hires. Unfortunately, it's not easy to land those jobs. Successful applicants must excel in many rounds of exams and interviews. However, the trade-off with accepting the job might be a 5- or 10-year contract. The penalty for breaching those contracts is high.
Ever since the first snow, which came the end of October, marked the beginning of an early winter in Beijing, I've been asking when spring will come. On Monday, I woke up again to a blanket of white in the garden and the swishing sound of brooms sweeping pavement, my hopes for an early spring dashed.
Spring Festival is the time for family reunions in China since long ago. But nowadays, many young people choose to stay in Beijing instead of going home for the festival. The reason may sound weird: to escape their mothers' "date and marriage" push.
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