Tag Archives: Beijing

Monday, 20 March 2017 Beijing: The last large coal-fired power plant in Beijing has suspended operations, with the city’s electricity now generated by natural gas, the state news agency reported as smog enveloped the Chinese capital over the weekend. The shuttering of the Huangneng Beijing Thermal Power Plant comes on …

Wednesday, 8 March 2017   Beijing is listed as the billionaire capital of the world for the second year running, ahead of New York, and followed by Hong Kong and Shenzhen, according to the latest findings in the Hurun Global Rich List 2017 released on Tuesday. Bill Gates remains the …

Saturday, 4 February 2017 BEIJING – A car crashed and overturned near Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing on Friday which police blamed on the driver losing control on a slippery road, cautioning against the spreading of rumors. Police said on their official microblog on Friday that the 26-year-old …

Friday, 27 January 2017 BEIJING – The Beijing city government has told officials to lead by example and not set off fireworks or firecrackers to welcome the Lunar New Year on Friday to help prevent smog, after the city was blanketed in choking smog earlier this month. The Chinese New …

Friday, 6 January 2017 Beijing: A combination of pollution and heavy fog affected countless road, rail and air passengers across northern China. By Wednesday afternoon, 154 flights had been cancelled at Tianjin Binhai International Airport, with another 120 delayed. The city also closed all 20 freeways due to low visibility …

Tuesday, 20 December 2016 Beijing: Emoticons are a modern and popular form of expression. In Sichuan Province, a high school teacher has creatively put them to use in school tests. Zheng Jian, a 34-year-old biology teacher in Chengdu No. 20 Middle School, created a cartoon figure named “Xiao Wang”, a …

China held the first winter-sports festival for the disabled people over the weekend, with more than 300 people hitting the slopes in Yanqing District of Beijing. The event was held, at what will be the ski center of the 2022 Winter Olympics, which has been kitted out with fully accessible …

BEIJING – The International Cycling Union has announced broad plans to develop the sport in China in partnership with Wanda Sports. The UCI says the deal includes creating a six-day Tour of Guangxi stage race on the World Tour calendar each October, China hosting the UCI’s end-of-season awards gala, and …

Beijing – Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi has been banned for two years after failing a drug test at the Rio Olympics, the sport’s governing body (FINA) said. Chen finished fourth in the women’s 100 metres butterfly at Rio but did not start in the 50m freestyle heats after Chinese state …

“Take hold of this moment … The Force is strong,” says Donnie Yen to his band of plucky rebels in the latest trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The Hong Kong action star is depicted as a sort of happy warrior making easy work of Stormtroopers with the …