Tag Archives: The Beijing News

Stubborn persistence in pursuit of World Heritage status

One of the most mocked scenes in martial arts fiction has a student coming to find a teacher to instruct him in the art, and he kneels for days before the gate as snow gathers on the ground, until finally the master, moved by his persistence, accepts him as a disciple.

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Nine held in connection to collapsed Shanghai apartment building

The Beijing News: Nine responsible for Shanghai’s fallen building are under custody.

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Beijing sweltering this summer

The hot weather in Beijing is likely to end on June 28, reports today’s Beijing News.

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Harvest nostalgia for former rusticated youth

An Educated Youth Wheat Harvest Festival was held yesterday in Jinzhan for more than one hundred Beijing residents.

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Deng Yujiao leaves court a free woman

Deng Yujiao is guilty of intent to harm but set free without punishment.

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Man Wenjun makes televised apology for drug abuse

Singer Man Wenjun made his first public appearance yesterday on a Beijing TV law program since his early release from jail on June 3.

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Peking University gives US Treasury Secretary Geithner an old photo

Tim Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, received a photograph as a present from his former Chinese teacher Fu Min yesterday when yesterday he was at Peking University to give a speech.

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Should foreigners get free admission to Chinese museums?

Zhou Wenhan argues that while foreigners shouldn’t be squeezed for ticket fees, free admission can be an effective diplomatic tool.

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Zhang Jiehai: Shanghai men make the best husbands

Zhang Jiehai claimed that his research, based on surveys of 300 Shanghai residents and 380 non-residents, had turned around the negative images of the Shanghai people.

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One year after the quake: cadres, monks and numbers

Southern Weekly, China Newsweek, and The Beijing News write one year after the quake.

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