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About Beijing

This City is the nation's center of government, economy, culture, and international activities, as well as a transportation hub. It has 18 districts and counties, with an area of 16,800 square kilometers and a population of 11 million.
Beijing has a long history. As early as 500,000 years ago, Peking Man lived there. It is alo an ancient cultural city. It was established in 1045 B.C. and for 800 years served as the capital of the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.
Beijing is also known as a tourist city for its many places of interest, including ancient buildings, royal gardens, temples, palaces, and modern structures. It is a gathering place of artists and other people of talent.

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Warming means rain but no crop boost for NE China

BEIJING (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to bring more rain to China's northeastern bread basket, but too late in the year to benefit crops, seriously threatening a major region for wheat, corn and rice, a report said on Tuesday.

China executes pair over tainted milk scandal (AFP)

AFP - Two men were executed in China on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants, state media said.

China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal (AP)

AP - China on Tuesday executed two people for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick.

China executes two over tainted milk: state media (AFP)

AFP - Two people were executed in China on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media said.

Flu fears keep Chinese panda fans at bay

BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - A research facility for pandas in northwestern China has banned visitors to stop them transmitting the H1N1 flu to the critically endangered animals.

Coal-burning China invests in methane capture (AFP)

AFP - China, a massive consumer of fossil fuels and coal in particular, is trying to modernise its mines by containing emissions of methane and turning the toxic gas into a source of much-needed energy.

China executes two for tainted milk scandal

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday executed two people for their role in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six children and further sullied the made-in-China brand.

Obama must help Chinese dissident: US lawmakers (AFP)

AFP - US President Barack Obama should "pick up the phone" and urge Chinese President Hu Jintao personally to ease pressure on a Beijing-based human rights lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, US lawmakers said Monday.

Michael Phelps Owes $23,000 in Taxes

Golden boy Michael Phelps‘ reputation just became a little more tarnished: According to TMZ.com, the Olympic swimming champ owes more than $20,000 in taxes. A tax lien filed last year reveals that the gold-medalist owes the State of California $23,289.16 for tax returns back in 2005 and 2006. This isn’t 24-year-old Michael’s first scrape since Beijing. [...]

China attacks "biased" U.S. cyber-spying report

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military.

China quake activist jailed for three years

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last year's Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the sentence as "revenge."

South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week (AP)

AP - Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.