• Beijing to raise threshold for issuing air pollution 'red alerts'

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  BEIJING - Beijing is to raise the thresholds for issuing its highest air pollution warnings, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, two months after smog triggered the city's first ever "red alerts".

• China to Ease Restrictions on Green Cards

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  China will ease the permanent resident application process for foreigners, according to a circular issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council.

• Beijing, 5 other cities to fight smog together

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  The national environmental authority has launched a new plan that targets Beijing, Tianjin and four neighboring cities with tough restrictions in an effort to curb severe smog in the northern region.

• Rich Chinese splurge on sportswear as luxury's lustre dims

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  HONG KONG - GPS sport watches, compression leggings and hydration packs are the new must-haves for wealthy Chinese, pumping up the multi-billion dollar sportswear industry at a time when China's elite are reining in spending on more traditional luxury brands.

• Hospitals to require advance bookings

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  Patients with nonemergency conditions will soon have to make advance appointments before going to a major hospital in Beijing.

• China to ease permanent residence application process for foreigners

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  BEIJING -- China will ease the permanent resident application process for foreigners, according to a circular issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council.

• Spring Festival brings rural property mini-boom

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  BEIJING -- For many Chinese rural migrant workers, the Spring Festival holiday is a chance to buy their own home where they can eventually settle down in small counties.

• Failing eco-protection bureaus in the firing line

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  China's revised law on pollution control allows a wider range of litigants to bring cases against government departments that neglect their duties. Cao Yin reports.

• Chinese investors renew 'gold rush' as market prices rocket up

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  A "gold rush" during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday and chaos in the global stock market have pushed the price of gold up on a daily basis in China, the China Business News has reported.

• Lost foreign tourists receive help from local police

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  A local policeman attempts to communicate with a Russian tourist to provide help in Yuchen city, East China's Shandong Province