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Property developer acquires land in Beijing at 5.05 bln yuan

Business | Real estate
2009-11-21

DALONG Estate, a Shanghai-listed property developer owned by Beijing's Shunyi district government, had acquired a parcel of residential land in Shunyi for 5.05 billion yuan (US$739 million), the Beijing Times reported...

Court collects China's biggest fine – 125m yuan

National
2009-11-20

A BEIJING court has managed to collect a fine of 125 million yuan (US$18.31 million) - the biggest ever levied by China's securities authority on an individual - from a former securities firm's head. The money,...

Hot Property News

Business | Real estate
2009-11-17

LAND values in Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou would have the largest potential for growth in the next five years, the nation's top think-tank said in a report yesterday after researching 35 large and medium-sized...

Heavy snow, thunder storm hit Beijing

National
2009-11-10

MODERATE snow with thunder storm hit most parts of Beijing since last night. A plummet of 9 degrees Celsius of outdoor temperature to 2.5 degrees Celsius below zero at 6:00 a.m. from the same time on Monday, according...

Heavy fog shrouds Beijing and neighboring regions

National
2009-11-7

MAJOR highways to Beijing have been closed as the capital and neighboring Hebei Province and Tianjin Municipality were shrouded in dense fog today. The average visibility in Beijing was less than 500 meters this...

Beijing welcomes first snow this year

National
2009-11-1

THERE must have been no grumbles when sleepy-eyed kids in Beijing were dragged out of their beds this morning, when the city's first snowfall this winter capped roofs and lawn in every neighborhood. The snow,...

Cannons all primed for 60-gun salute to China

National
2009-9-25

CHINA will use modified cannons to fire a 60-round salute marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing on October 1. The cannons will be modified versions of the Model...

Student linked to robbery under pressure to graduate: classmate

National
2009-7-16

CLASSMATES of a Beijing university student who allegedly took a woman hostage and robbed a bank of 100,000 yuan (US$14,700) said the man was suffering too much pressure to graduate from university. Li Li, who...

7 dead in sewage well poisoning in Beijing

National
2009-7-4

SIX workers and one firefighter died Monday from sewage poisoning in an apartment compound in Beijing, local police said. Three workers went down a sewage well to repair a sewage pump at 2:30 pm in Tongzhou District,...

Copter used for first time for poppy hunt in Beijing

National
2009-6-14

A HELICOPTER was used for the first time yesterday to help local police in poppy plantation hunting in suburb Beijing. The copter, with experts onboard, hovered around the mountainous areas in Yanqing District...