I was surprised when I went with my girlfriend to one of Beijing's famed antique streets for a nose-around.
The Pangu Plaza is renowned all over China, let alone in Beijing. It is said its rooftop courtyard houses are only for lease, not for sale, with rents as high as 1 million yuan per day. You can imagine their prices during the Beijing Olympics. The public has just known from the commission of urban planning that the courtyard houses couldn't be sold. But the project can now be traded legally with the administrative penalties.
Gu Yue and Liu Chang hitchhiked from Beijing to Berlin last year in order to visit Gu's German girlfriend. The pair caught 88 rides in 13 countries in the more than 100 days they spent on the road and, as they went, made a 16-episode documentary series, To Berlin By Thumb, which is currently airing on the Travel Channel.
For those who have spotted a clown riding a motorbike through Beijing recently, we assure you that you were not imagining things.
Many are drawn to the Houhai area because it offers a more comfortable environment than its seedy Sanlitun cousin. Occupying ancient hutong the bars and shops offer a unique ambiance and artsy feel that have made it popular.
Plastic surgery procedures have doubled in Beijing this year, according to a prominent clinic that also claims the bulk of its customers don't need it.
A Beijing court began hearing the first trials yesterday involving alleged wrongdoers connected to the massive blaze that damaged the multi-billion-yuan China Central Television (CCTV) high-rise one year ago.
As many as 114 foreign embassies are primed to have their electricity supply facilities checked in a bid to ensure a steady supply of power.
A 49,000 sq m space of commercial land is expected to be sold for more than 10 billion yuan in early March, a record for Beijing's land market.
Urban inspectors to be under scrutiny as new regulations target deficiencies
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