Tag Archives: The Beijing News

Everyone needs a new home

An ad for Top Town, a Beijing housing development

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CNN apology not accepted

The Beijing News (新京报): The conflict between China’s Foreign Ministry and CNN wages on.

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Expensive resignation

Zheng Zhihong (郑志宏), a airliner pilot, was judged by court to pay his employer, China Eastern Airlines, 1.4 million yuan in compensation to end his work contract.

The China Eastern Airline asked for 12.57 million yuan from Zheng to compensate the training cost that has been spent on him.

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40 million new poor

China raised the poverty line from annual income of 1067 RMB to 1300. The change of the measurement caused a two-fold growth of China’s poor people: from 40 million to 80 million.

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Two terrorist plots foiled

Police have thwarted two terrorist plots targeting Olympic Games recently

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Tomb-Sweeping Day: a golden time for young lovers

Qingming Festival (清明节) started out as a matchmaking day.

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Pilots on strike?

domestic airliners of China Eastern Airlines from Kunming returned to base without touching down on their destination airports

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Stopping plastic bags

Penalties for producing or using illegal plastic bags, start of the Olympic torch relay and other news from The Beijing News.

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Olympic flame arrives in Beijing

The Olympic flame arrived in Beijing this morning

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Anti-CNN, by the people and for the people

The formal major of Shanghai Chen Liangyu (陈良宇) was on trial in Tianjin. He was charged with taking bribes, abuse of power, and negligence.

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