Billionaires' banquet baits beauties
2009-12-22 08:16:50
China's richest bachelors say finding true love is hardest task...
Computer engineer becomes nail head
2009-12-21 13:33:39
A senior computer engineer in Shanghai is working part time as an "anti-demolition nail" in Beijing, earning a token salary he plans to give away.
Close glimpse at realities facing migrant women
2009-12-21 12:48:32
If Oprah Winfrey had a book club in China, Miss Chopsticks would definitely be one of its selections.
Disabled man ordered to return compensation
2009-12-21 11:54:23
A man who fell from a subway platform in front an oncoming train has to give back part of the compensation he received from the Beijing Subway Company, the Xicheng District Court ruled on Friday.
3 teenagers get jail for murder, rape
2009-12-21 11:51:38
Three underage suspects convicted of robbing and killing a pair of campus sweethearts and then raping the body of the girl were sentenced to between 15 years and life in jail, the Beijing No 1 Intermediate Court ruled on Friday.
Santa suited celebrators overtake the city
2009-12-21 11:48:18
Subway commuters had a pleasant surprise on Saturday as a group of more than 60 people dressed in Santa Claus suits piled onto trains singing Christmas carols.
Power play for migrant kids
2009-12-21 08:17:05
Hua Dan uses theater to transform a shabby classroom into a new world for marginalized children.
Meteor hunt in Beijing continues
2009-12-21 08:03:44
The search continues for a full moon-bright meteoroid likely to have landed in west suburban Beijing on Wednesday in what astronomers said could lead to one of the biggest discoveries in Beijing this year.
Artifacts stolen from late linguist sage's home
2009-12-21 07:55:52
Valuable property that once belonged to the late renowned scholar and linguist Ji Xianlin has been stolen.
Lack of loo paper worries residents
2009-12-18 10:42:07
Toilet paper will be available at more than 100 public washrooms from next year after a survey found its absence was among the top concerns of capital residents.
Investors pawn houses for cash
2009-12-18 10:37:35
There has been an increase in the number of Beijingers pawning their apartments as they attempt to secure quick cash to buy new properties before the end of a tax exemption policy on Jan 1, pawnbrokers say.
Russian mother to appeal child support ruling
2009-12-18 10:31:30
A Beijing company manager has been ordered to pay child support for a child he fathered with a Russian woman.