Annual sessions touch on everyday problems

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When top political advisers and lawmakers gather in Beijing around this time every year, I always follow their discussions of important issues, including those that I wasn't even aware of, such as why much-lauded high-speed trains haven't been moving at full throttle.

Online Store Sells Apples Kissed by Air Hostesses

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Recently a slogan of a shopping website "It only takes 9.9 yuan to take kisses of airline stewardesses home" went popular online. Apples that have been kissed by 500 airline stewardesses were sold on the website and attracted many customers.

Beijing's Mysterious Line 3 to Finally Begin Construction

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At the government affairs consultation in late January, Dai Mengdong, the deputy director of the city's major affairs office stated that Beijing's Subway Line 3 was due to begin construction in 2016.

Beijing's Most Haunted House Getting a Facelift, Will Reopen as Tourist Attraction in October

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Accuse a Laowai, Make 3,000 Kuai

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While we love that Beijing is one of the safest cities to live in, we're not too happy to see this sort of news: a Chinese citizen earned a reward of RMB 3,000 for tipping police off about a suspected foreign terrorist that police later learned was not in fact a terrorist, Xinhua reports.

Mark Zuckerberg Shares Photos of His Baby Girl

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The Facebook founder and CEO posted a new photo of his two month old baby girl serenely floating in what appears to be a lake as her billionaire daddy holds her lightly behind her head and looks adoringly into her eyes. He captioned the photo 'Max's first swim. She loves it!

'Little Monks' Become Online Hit

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A photo showing two little boys dressed as monks at a temple in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The photo has gone viral online with the boys being dubbed "the cutest little monks" by netizens. One boy is the photographer's son, while the other is the son of a friend.

Beijing cracks $8b investment fraud case, arrests 21

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Beijing police have busted a major fraud ring accused of using E Rent Treasure, an online financial platform, to illegally collect up to 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) in funds, harming 900,000 investors across 31 provinces and regions, according to the Beijing Public Security Bureau.

Filling 7,000 water tanks a day is vital job for rail team

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Li Jian is one of many ordinary railway workers who can supply the answer to the question "Where does the water on the train come from?", if you ever asked.

An open door is much more inviting

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While dozens of cities started offering 72-hour visa-free visits to third-country transit travelers in recent years, the Yangtze River Delta enacted a 144-hour visa-free policy on Saturday - a week before Spring Festival.