Tag Archives: The Beijing News

The secret of the price of oil in China

The domestic refined oil pricing mechanism is revealed for the first time by the National Development and Reform Commission.

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Justice comes to pyramid scammers who cheated 23,000 victims

Former executives and senior employees of the Yilin Wood Company stood trial on fraud charges yesterday in Beijing’s Second Intermediate Court.

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Chinese newspapers discuss Consumer Rights Day

A sudden eruption of exposed consumer rights violation news flooded today’s newspaper following the March 15th, Consumer Rights Day.

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Laid-off worker kills two before committing suicide

A laid-off worker jumped off the eighth floor of the factory building in Guangzhou’s Panyu District, shortly after he stabbed two female managerial employees with a knife. All of the three were dead.

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Activists convince a hospital to spare problem cats

Over ten cat lovers gathered at Beijing Tiantan Hospital yesterday morning to protest the hospital’s treatment of stray cats.

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Lenovo laptops at China’s top legislative sessions

Frugalism is highlighted in various respects of this year’s National People’s Congress session.

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Beijing woman charged with extortion in car title case

The Beijing News: A woman who registered more than 3,000 cars for non-residents is on trial for extortion.

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Earthquake heroes get remarried

The Beijing News: A prison officer who lost his family to the earthquake got married again, thanks to the newspaper, which wrote a story earlier about him.

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Martial arts novelist Liang Yusheng dies

The Beijing News reports that Liang Yusheng, a prolific author of wuxia fiction, has passed away in Sydney.

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China’s 2008 GDP numbers: good or bad?

Southern Media Group vs. the Global Times: how different newspapers presented China’s 2008 GDP figures.

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