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Dharamshala government blamed by Beijing
The Tibetan Government-in-Exile, based out of Dharamshala in India, and certain western powers distorted incidents that left protesters and policemen dead and injured last week to show China in negative light, an official government newspaper...
Beijing begins measuring tiny air pollutants
Beijing began disclosing the amount of tiny pollution particles in the air on Saturday, in a move that could improve disclosure but alarm a public barely resigned to the capital’s choking smog.
Heavy Beijing smog causes flight delays
A heavy fog blanketed parts of northern China on Monday, delaying flights and causing hundreds of cancellations, while smog hung in a dark haze over Beijing.
In touch with India on new dates for border talks
China today said it is in touch with India to finalise dates for border talks, which were put off after rejection of its demand for cancellation of a Buddhist meet to be addressed by the Dalai Lama, even as it opposed any country giving platform...
TMX Group opens office in Beijing, China
TMX Group Inc. officially opened an office in Beijing on Monday as part of an effort to help Chinese companies list on Canada’s major stock markets.
Beijing air pollution ‘hazardous’: US embassy
Air pollution in Beijing reached “hazardous” levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running, forcing the closure of highways and cancellation of flights.
Beijing’s growing pains mirror global population boom
Fourteen years after Beijing’s planned satellite city of Tongzhou rose from a small town with many scattered fields, it still lacks decent schools, hospitals and entertainment complexes that residents need to make it feel like home.
Wozniacki feels Li Na’s Beijing pain
Caroline Wozniacki may not have won a Grand Slam, but the top seed at the China Open says she knows what Roland Garros winner Li Na is going through after a humiliating first-round exit in Beijing.
Home idol Li was bundled out in straight sets...
Politburo meets to discuss cultural reforms
The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting here Monday to study a proposal on the country’s cultural reforms, according to an official press release.
Hu Jintao, general secretary of the...
Beijing warns India against S China Sea move
Taking strong exception to India going ahead with the oil exploration programme in the blocks claimed by Vietnam in the South China Sea, China on Monday raised its pitch saying any exploration activity in its coast would amount to “infringement”...
