The sudden snow last week that blocked roads, snarled traffic and shut schools in Beijing caught residents off-guard. The weather station said both the precipitation and the low temperatures broke records from the past four decades. However, I was stunned to learn one near-tragic aspect in the aftermath - a street sweeper fell into coma after working almost non-stop for four days.
Experts and netizens remain skeptical of the motivation behind actions of imprisoned former leaders
Before Wu Xinmin, a 28-year-old Beijing chengguan officer goes to sleep at night, he reads a fiction story that he downloaded from the Internet on his MP4 player.
A second-year university student surrendered to Haidian police on Saturday morning with claims she had murdered a female classmate in a hotel.
Undeterred by heavy snowfall, 20 migrant workers stood outside the Beijing Film Studio yesterday hoping to become stars.
Beijingers rang in the New Year by going on a spending spree, according to statistics from the city's commerce commission.
City's heaviest snow since 1951 causes increasing number of minor accidents
Despite a possible increase in bone injuries and respiratory disease following the coldest day in almost 40 years tomorrow, some hospitals say they will not increase their medical staff.
With the heavy snow and cold weather, taking a taxi was a headache for commuters yesterday as the most experienced drivers in the city kept off the icy roads.
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