Car company may join green taxi trend

A new fleet of electric hybrid taxis will hit Beijing roads next year, one of a number of transportation plans to reduce pollution in the capital.

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Illegal clinics put patients at risk

There are more than 1,200 illegal and unsafe medical clinics operating in Beijing and used mainly by migrant workers, an investigation has found.

Construction stopped on safety concerns

Construction has been ordered to stop on three low-rent and relocation housing projects because of concerns about safety and quality, it has emerged.

Time to address racial prejudice

I recently read an article in The Times about the growing number of Tanzanian women seeking Chinese men there.

Beijing bites

Worker killed in lift fall

Metro

Stage

Opera goes hi-tech

China's illustrious Shaoxing Opera stars get together for the first time to stage Butterfly Lovers at National Center for the Performing Arts. The top 10 artists from eight genres and 13 troupes first created this edition of the story in 2008, combining elements of MIDI and high-tech lighting with traditional Shaoxing Opera art.

Sweet and sour

Great expat-ations

Name: Franck Crouvezier

Ghost from Christmas past to return

When Chris Verrill, a media and e-marketing professional from San Francisco, held the very first shows of The Christmas Carol, in December 2006 in Beijing's Canadian International School auditorium, there were just about 10 people in the audience.

Amazing Grace takes on city

When Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Wit, directed by Kris Chung, opens at Beijing's Penghao theater on Thursday, a shriveled, shaven-headed terminally-ill patient with huge lanceolate eyes will take center stage.