Starting from 2015, China Agricultural University will start a program to inspect food throughout the cities’ many educational institutions. Read More>>
The only city that has more museums than Beijing is London, making it the city with the second largest amount of museums in the entire world. Read More>>
The transportation payment cards used in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei are expected to be merged into one – to make life easier for everyone who spends time moving around the region. Read More>>
Beijing Subway’s new prices will be implemented on December 28. The new rules are as follows. Read More>>
Canadian Prime Minister Harper announced that a new deal between Air Canada and Air China means that it is likely that within a few weeks, a direct flight between Beijing and Calgary will be announced. Read More>>
On November 23, reporters learned from the Beijing Railway Bureau that in order to prepare against terrorist attacks and ensure safety of passengers, the trains have installed video recorders. Read More>>
During the APEC summit, emergency calls related to criminal cases dropped 71 percent. Road accidents and traffic jams were also reduced by 44 and 79 percent respectively. Read More>>
The train between Beijing and Beijing West is expected to start operating on December 26. Read More>>
Beijing’s 110 emergency police number is now available in multiple languages. Foreigners living and working in Beijing can now use English, France, Russian, and five other foreign languages when calling up in case of emergency. Read More>>
Following the APEC meetings’ ending, the official APEC sites are now open to tourists starting from last Friday. Read More>>
Beijing is planning to keep emissions down, as APEC blue skies, as the clear skies in Beijing have been nicknamed by netizens, have apparently kick-started a new mentality. Hopefully. Read More>>
The Beijing Municipal Government has announced that heating within the city will come on this Saturday, November 15. Each household’s heating will be put on 18 degrees Celsius. Read More>>
Today, Beijing’s four big stations welcome back everybody who was on APEC holidays, and a huge rush is expected. Read More>>
For those of you who were out of the city when the APEC Summit kicked off, or who weren’t near the fireworks site: they were gorgeous. Read More>>
The US embassy pollution data has been blocked during the APEC summit as a result of higher pollution levels than had been hoped. Read More>>
This morning and yesterday, three major world leaders arrived in Beijing: American President Barack Obama, Australian Prime Minister Toby Abbott, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Japanese President Shizu Abe has also arrived, and already spoken to ... Read More>>
Weather departments of Beijing and its surrounding areas have signified that medium to heavy pollution is on its way due to adverse and static weather conditions in Beijing between November 8 and 11. Read More>>
The Beijing Municipal Government has arranged that there will be a fireworks display within the 5th ring road, and there is a possibility of snow during APEC. Read More>>
As if Beijing hasn’t banned enough fun, it has come up with a new regulation: Kongming lanterns (the ones that are like tiny hot air balloons and fuelled by candles) are now no longer permitted. Read More>>
Anyone who lives in Beijing has probably been able to tell by the increase in red banners; APEC preparations are underway, and the pollution is meant to be reduced by 40% before the meeting starts. Read More>>
This week, a high-speed train test between Hangzhou in Zhejiang province and Nanchang in Jiangxi province was successfully completed – the section that was being tested is a key component of the network that will connect Shanghai and Kunming. Read More>>
Beijing’s authorities have given schools permission to close as they please during times of orange-level pollution alerts, and they have also announced that the Beijing subway will increase it’s prices soon. Read More>>
Good news for movie fans! Universal Studios is opening in Beijing in 2020. Read More>>
Beijing, Tianjin and parts of Hebei will once again be shrouded in smog, as the pollution is predicted to start building up today, October 23. Read More>>