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Beijing hands out biggest air pollution fine yet

Following months of promises to clean up the notoriously smoggy city, Beijing has handed out its biggest fine for air pollution yet: 300,000 yuan ($48,100) to a US joint venture boiler...

by Joe McGee, 15 May 2014

Scientists to build artificial 'smog chambers' to help combat pollution

Scientists in Beijing plan to build a 500 million yuan ($81 million) research facility to create artificial smog for anti-pollution research.

by Joe McGee, 03 March 2014

Facebook announces plans for sales office in Beijing

Facebook has announced plans to open a sales office in Beijing within the next year, prompting speculation over the company's future in a country where it has been blocked since 2009....

by Joe McGee, 13 May 2014

Fake policeman sentenced to 5 years in prison

A 25 year old Beijing man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for pretending to be a policeman.

by Joe McGee, 26 February 2014

Bomb hoax at Beijing airport after man grows tired of queues

A man has been detained for five days for telling officers at Beijing Capital International Airport that he had a bomb in his ass, after reportedly growing impatient with the wait to...

by Joe McGee, 20 March 2014

Desalinated seawater to be 30 percent of Beijing's supply by 2019

Desalinated seawater will be around 30% of Beijing's total water supply from 2019, in a move that will hopefully relieve water shortage in the dry region.

by Joe McGee, 15 April 2014

Governor of Tokyo hopes to 'mend ties' with Beijing visit

The governor of Tokyo told reporters in Beijing on Thursday that he hoped his trip to the capital would mend ties between China and Japan, which have been strained recently by several...

by Joe McGee, 25 April 2014