Tag Archives: Beijing Times

Judge warns against “fake divorce”, calling it highly risky

Posted on 2011-02-21 by Eric Mu

To circumvent the new regulation, some of the most undaunted investors came up with ways to exploit the legal pitfalls: among others, “fake marriage” and “fake divorce”.

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Snow comes to Beijing at last

Posted on 2011-02-10 by Joel Martinsen

The Beijing Times reports on the light snowfall that dusted the city last night after 108 days without precipitation.

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Beijing’s most peaceful neighborhoods

Posted on 2011-01-18 by Joel Martinsen

The Beijing Times reports on the results of a poll of the city’s communities to name the fifty that are “most peaceful.”

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Beijing will expel “rats” from its underground shelters

Posted on 2010-11-17 by Eric Mu

Beijing Times: Beijing’s civil defense office stated that the government would gradually ban Beijing’s underground shelters from being used for residential purpose in the next five years.

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Beijing decides not to supply heat early this year

Posted on 2010-10-27 by Eric Mu

Beijing Times: Despite the colder weather, Beijing will not turn heat on earlier this year.

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Another fire at an oil tank in Dalian

Posted on 2010-10-25 by Joel Martinsen

Another oil fire at the same port in Dalian that saw a major oil explosion in July.

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Olympic Torch to be removed, refashioned into a statue

Posted on 2010-09-26 by Eric Mu

Beijing Times: A dismantling project is underway to take apart the Olympic Torch that held the 2008 Olympic Flame standing on top of Beijing’s Bird Nest National Stadium.

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Beijing urban rail Changping Line holds a trial run

Posted on 2010-09-20 by Eric Mu

Yesterday, Changping Line (phase one), an aboveground rail line connects Nanshao station in Changping and Xierqi station, Haidian, successfully held a trial run. The one way trip takes about 40 minutes.

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Wen Jiabao corrects a geography textbook

Posted on 2010-09-01 by Joel Martinsen

A car pile-up on the Fifth Ring Road. Also, a geography textbook gets revised in response to criticism from the Premier.

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43 killed in air crash in Yichun

Posted on 2010-08-25 by Eric Mu

A passenger jet with 96 people on board crashed while trying to land on the airport in Yichuan, Heilongjiang Province yesterday 9:35 p.m.

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