With less than a week to go before Spring Festival, Beijing railway police are tightening up their campaign against ticket hoarding and related problems.
Police have launched an investigation after four migrant workers were beaten - two seriously - allegedly at the hands of security guards employed by a construction company, Beijing Times reported yesterday.
The annual shortage of nannies in the capital because of Spring Festival was eased a little further last week when 60 housekeepers from Hebei province arrived in Beijing.
It's that time of the year again, a time that I loathe. Many times I awake in the middle of the night in a cold sweat, my hands trembling, my heart racing. I have to take a drink of water and calm myself because in a few hours I have to go and buy train tickets.
One of my best friends and a graduate of Peking University recently quit her job and started a language training school in her hometown. She has refused to be forced to work extra hours every day.
Recently while in a cab, I asked the driver about the No 93 gasoline price and he told me it was 6.20 yuan per liter. Then I asked other taxi drivers about the gasoline price.
Stepping onstage adorning a glittering golden gown, American singer Avis Ellis commands the attention of the thick crowd of expats and Chinese at Beijing's Centro bar as she sings a stirring serenade.
Looking for something out-of-the-ordinary to give someone this Spring Festival? Well, look no further than Wangfujing.
"We've got a stellar line-up this year," said Jenny Niven, director of the Bookworm's International Literary Festival.
Yvan Etounou, from Cameroon, is among a growing number of Beijing-based foreign students who will finish his degree with a scholarship from the central government.
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