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This proposed reform could fix China's hopelessly broken petitioning system

A policy which links performance of local government officials to the number of petitioners they handle may be scrapped, Beijing News reports.

by James Griffiths, 12 November 2013

Outrage after Beijing subway refers to littering passengers as 'locusts'

There was outrage online on Sunday after a photo of litter was uploaded to the official Weibo account of the Beijing Subway referring to passengers as 'locusts'.

by James Griffiths, 11 November 2013

Man charged after firing gun to 'drive away dancers'

A Beijing man who fired a double-barrelled shotgun in the air to scare away a group of people dancing by his house was charged Tuesday with illegal possession of firearms.

by James Griffiths, 08 November 2013

Beijing has more billionaires than every US city apart from New York

The always excellent Quartz has some great figures out today about concentration of billionaires in major world cities (presumably to help pinpoint the best points for guillotines come...

by James Griffiths, 07 November 2013

Buy beer with Bitcoins at this Beijing bar

A bar in Beijing has become the first in China to accept payments in Bitcoin.

by James Griffiths, 06 November 2013

90 percent of 'famous plastic surgeons' at hospitals in Beijing unlicensed

The 'famous South Korean plastic surgeon' hacking away at your eyelids or mouth in a Beijing hospital is more likely than not completely unlicensed to carry out the procedure, Beijing...

by James Griffiths, 06 November 2013

Monkey on the loose in Beijing, may be destined for hot pot

Passersby in Beijing's Chaoyang district were reportedly so taken with an escaped rhesus macaque that they were willing to pay vendors for the food it stole from street stalls.

by James Griffiths, 06 November 2013

Beijing and Zhangjiakou launch joint bid to host 2022 Winter Olympics

Beijing has launched a joint bid with Zhangjiakou in Hebei to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) announced on Tuesday.

by James Griffiths, 06 November 2013