A bogus judicial training college which conned students into thinking they would graduate with jobs as police officers or prosecutors is under investigation.

Last week, I accompanied my friend who is seven months pregnant to a physical checkup at the clinic because her husband was too busy to go with her.

Brandon Trowbridge, manager of Nola, a recently opened New Orleans-style restaurant in Beijing's Ritan embassy district, knows that when you move halfway around the world "you have to change things, especially in a restaurant - so the recipes are a bit different".

Beijing's 66,000 taxis Wednesday started to charge a 1-yuan (US$14.6 cents) fuel surcharge when the meter hits 3 km, according to municipal authorities.

Professor Meng Fangui, president of college of education in Capital Normal University, shares with METRO his views on China's higher education and university league table.

Following threats of a blackout earlier this month, 200 proprietors in Jian Wai SOHO have raised nearly 3 million yuan to pay their electricity bill.