China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed a decision to allow Philippine fishermen access to a disputed shoal following a visit to Beijing by the Philippine president. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Beijing made “proper…
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The Peninsula Beijing reinvents itself with white-glove luxury
In Beijing, you can marvel at the flaking paint and faded glory of the Forbidden City. You can gnaw on street-side lamb skewers and, in the few places not yet shut down by the government,…
The ultimate Chinese souvenir… SMOG in a can! Entrepreneur starts selling tins of polluted air from Beijing
A British entrepreneur living in China has the jackpot by selling a highly unusual souvenir – canned pollution. Dominic Johnson-Hill, who runs a clothing store in Beijing, has seen thousands of cans of Beijing Air…
9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping
Nine more athletes, including six medal winners, were retroactively disqualified from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Wednesday after failing retests of their doping samples. The International Olympic Committee announced the decisions in the latest sanctions…
