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.
The Beijing's Olympic showpiece, the Bird's Nest, said it has several choices to partner with for luxury hotel and high-end commercial facilities to be built inside the stadium this year.
New graduates will be sidelined in civil service recruitment carried out by the Beijing government in 2011.
A transport container loaded with fireworks exploded at 2:30 am on Saturday on the South Sixth Ring Road.
Beijing is set to launch specific regulations on the real estate sector just days before Spring Festival, aimed at curbing investment-led demand in the housing market and addressing imbalance between property demand and supply.
A migrant worker's wife has received 286,000 yuan in compensation from a Beijing labor contractor after her Chinese husband died in a fall during his work in Angola, the Beijing News reported yesterday.