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Star fees sparkle for office parties

[2010-02-09 07:50]

Most entertainment stars will raise their appearance fees by as much as 50 percent for private parties during the Spring Festival holiday, insiders revealed.

Foreign top shops flock to the capital

[2010-02-09 07:50]

Another wave of high-end international stores will set up shop in Beijing this year as the capital continues its campaign to become one of the world's top cities.

New Year traffic set to choke city streets as millions head home

[2010-02-09 07:50]

Ninety percent of Beijing's roads are likely to be fully jammed with traffic this week as the days to Chinese New Year tick down, the Beijing traffic management bureau warned yesterday.

TCM doctor jailed for deaths of two patients

[2010-02-09 07:50]

A doctor practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) will serve time in prison for his role in the deaths of two patients to whom he sold medicine containing high levels of arsenic.

Activists seek ban on city's brisk ivory trade

[2010-02-09 07:50]

Stocks run low in antique market as Beijingers buy up tusks for festival gifts

Closer checks for online shopping scams

[2010-02-09 07:50]

Beijing will invoke harsher monitoring of online trade to counter an eruption of Internet fraud cases.

Driver hits cop in first court case involving car ban violation

[2010-02-09 07:50]

A man was sentenced to 10 months in jail at Haidian district court yesterday for a hit-and-run that left a police officer injured.

Beijing Bites

[2010-02-09 07:50]

Woman jailed for jilted stabbing

Take the time to earn true love

[2010-02-09 07:47]

We learned from the Beatles "money can't buy you love" but it was not until I read METRO in recent days that I wondered if it might actually be true.

Remember what marriage really means

[2010-02-09 07:47]

Two weeks ago, I attended a friend's wedding in my hometown in Hebei province. I was happy for my friend's new life but shocked by the money spent on the ceremony that the parents' generation thought necessary.

City needs to make tenants vacate cultural relic sites

[2010-02-09 07:47]

The fundamental way to ensure the safety of the city's cultural relic sites is to work out a timetable for tenants to vacate.

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[2010-02-09 07:47]

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