In my three years in Beijing, I had sometimes heard stories that China's doctors have a direct and ubiquitous answer for helping patients who have something more than the common cold - insert a needle somewhere and pump medicine directly into their system with an intravenous (IV) drip.
The city of Beijing is getting festive with the arrival of Christmas. Shopping mall business is up, restaurant bookings are up, and box office ticket sales are up. Perhaps the only things "down" in the city are the feelings of single people.
For many expat families in China, where and how to spend Christmas is an annual dilemma. Where to get a Christmas tree? Where to buy the turkey or where to get Christmas stockings?
This year's most popular Christmas gifts from Ikea include home furnishings like pillows, blankets, vases and Christmas textiles to make curtains, according to Virginia Ni, PR specialist at Ikea in Beijing.
It was the most expensive matchmaking party ever held in Beijing. There were 21 single billionaires, 22 single women and an admission fee of 100,000 yuan.
There was an increase in the number of citizen complaints this year regarding drinking water quality, revealing the questionable quality of secondary supply water in the city.
The owner of a celebrity-autographed Dodge Ram Wagon is looking for a buyer for his collection, which has hosted five NBA superstars during their China trips.
More than 220,000 Taiwan tourists had visited Beijing by the end of November, a rise of almost 70 percent year-on-year as a result of closer exchanges and facilitated services, the Beijing municipal bureau of tourism said in a report.
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