Tag Archives: The Beijing News

Jia Pingwa’s banned novel returns after 17 years

Posted on 2009-08-04 by Joel Martinsen

Feidu (废都) returns to shelves in a new, unbanned edition. Read about its troubled publishing history, previous attempts at republication, and the drive to restore its status as serious literature rather than spectacle.

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It only matters what the machine thinks: getting diagnosed in a Chinese hospital

Posted on 2009-07-21 by Alice Xin Liu

On July 20 The Beijing News printed a reader comment about the kind of medical service they received when they paid a visit to the ophthalmologist.

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Beijing: China’s happiest town?

Posted on 2009-07-20 by Eric Mu

Beijing was crowned China’s happiest city by feedback polls at bus stations.

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Ethnic unity on the college entrance exam

Posted on 2009-07-17 by Eric Mu

The Beijing News: “Ethnic solidarity education” will be tested in the high school and college-level entrance examinations of the entire country

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97 former residences of the famous demolished in Beijing

Posted on 2009-07-15 by Alice Xin Liu

Yesterday’s The Beijing News ran something on the former residences of famous people in the old parts of Beijing and their state now.

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Shock therapy for Internet addiction halted

Posted on 2009-07-14 by Eric Mu

The use of shock therapy to treat cases of Internet addiction has been suspended by the Minstry of Health, The Beijing News reports.

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Beijing college student robs an on-campus bank

Posted on 2009-07-13 by Eric Mu

A student at Beijing’s University of Science and Technology took two hostages at knife-point at an on-campus bank yesterday.

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An aircraft carrier! (It’s only a model)

Posted on 2009-07-06 by Eric Mu

A model of a possible future aircraft carrier appeared alongside other new PLA weaponry in a military exhibition in Hong Kong on July 4th, stoking the enthusiasm of Chinese military fans.

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Peking University rejects applicant who faked his ethnicity

Posted on 2009-07-02 by Eric Mu

The admission office of Peking University announced yesterday that it would not accept the application of He Chuanyang to study at the university’s Guanghua School of Management.

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The political background check of a petitioner’s daughter

Posted on 2009-07-01 by Joel Martinsen

Beijing media report two cases in which girls had their college application paperwork rejected because of their parents’ political problems.

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