Beijing police have cracked down on a pick-pocket gang of 27 suspects from Hebei province.
For 20 years, I lived in Anglophone countries as "Zhai Qi" or "Qi Zhai". I love the simplicity of my two-syllable name, with its alphabetic gaggle, because it identifies me as uniquely Chinese. However, on some occasions - like during client meetings in Ohio - I did feel things would have been a lot easier if I had an English moniker.
Zhu Haiyang, a PhD candidate at America's Virginia Tech, who beheaded his Beijing friend Xin Yang last year, was sentenced to life in jail on Tuesday. To everybody's surprise, his motivation was simply that: "I loved her too much, but she refused my love."
If you visit southern cities in China nowadays, you can feel an overwhelming Christmas atmosphere everywhere.
Having champagne or vodka in two 'spirit centric' bars in downtown Beijing
Back home we would celebrate Christmas at my auntie Hannah's house. Christmas was a good time to eat a lot of food and drink copious amounts of alcohol, but back then it was mostly about the time spent with family and friends.
Winter wonderland fun
The art scene in Beijing is in trouble, experts say, with the 798 Art District suffering from an economic freeze to match the season's bitter weather.
A man who posted online information about his dead schoolmate's husband, leading to a human flesh search, was ordered to pay 5,000 yuan in compensation to the husband, the Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court ruled yesterday.
The death of a mentally-ill man who allegedly stabbed a policeman at a detention house has prompted concerns about police abuse.
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