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A traffic ticket and a smile

Beijing Times (京华时报) features the new standard for Beijing traffic police.

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Beijing mini-bus drivers on strike

The Beijing News (新京报) announces the appointment of 22 municipal bureau heads.

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Worker’s Stadium has a new look

Beijing Daily Messenger (北京娱乐信报) announces the opening of the Second Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (十七届二中全会)

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A blood bank meets the public

The First (竞报) features blood banks and Beijing’s Subway Line 4 (地铁四号线).

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Test-tube baby turns 20

The Beijing News (新京报) announces the Green Securities (绿色证券) policy on its lead headline today,

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Hostage situation in a Wuhan hospital

The lead headline of today’s 济南时报 announces that the 11th Standing Committee of Shangdong Province’s People’s Congress named 26 key government leaders yesterday on the first meeting.

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Time to pick up a temporary residence permit

Today’s lead headline of The Beijing News 新京报 announces that Beijing will start a 39-day-long campaign checking temporary resident permission to ensure securities of the coming Olympic Games. 北京开查暂住证

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Laser light brings the festival to a close

The front picture of today’s Beijing Times 京华时报 shows a fantastic laser expo last night at Yongdingmen, 永定门 Chongwen District, Beijing.

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Farewell, Fei-fei

Front page of today’s Beijing Daily Messenger (信报) announces the results of a Bureau of Labor and Social Security (北京市劳动保障局) survey.

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Dutch travel magazine seeks Beijing locals

Columbus is a Dutch travel magazine that regularly devotes articles to lesser known cities (in the eyes of most Westerners). This is an announcement from the editor, Mark Mackintosh: For our fall edition, we’d like locals to tell us where … Continue reading

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