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At 38 minutes, Beijingers have longest commute
Beijing :: China | almost 2 years ago
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Professor Niu Wenyuan led a research team on the year-long 2011 China New Urbanization Report. His study calculated commuting times under normal traffic conditions, excluding the time caused by traffic jams. It showed that the average commuting time
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Hukou limit on new graduates to direct talent
Beijing :: China | 2 years ago
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In a move to relieve the city's population pressure, Beijing will introduce stricter restrictions on hukou, the permanent residency permit, for college graduates this year, a senior official said. After graduation, college students' hukou revert to
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Chasing changing palates
Beijing :: China | 2 years ago
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Much of this produce was stored in cellars or on freezing balconies to make them last through the winter. The cabbages would sometimes be preserved with salt, or pickled...With no greenhouses or refrigerators, vegetables were seasonal. "You would
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The 'Chaoyang Chariot' has become the car of choice for rich citizens in China
Beijing :: China | 2 years ago
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an SUV passes Shanghai's Oriental Pearl and Bank of China towers The aged cyclist wobbles, then stops his bike, as the hulking VW Tiguan squeezes past him down the ancient hutong laneway in downtown Beijing. At the wheel is a 30-something businessman
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Beijing 'yet to become' an int'l city
Beijing :: China | 2 years ago
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With foreigners accounting for just 0.46 percent of its population, the capital is still far from being designated an international city, a leading expert said. "Neither Beijing nor Shanghai can call themselves international cities until expats make
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China gripped by rescue of dogs heading to a Beijing dinner table
Beijing :: China | 2 years ago
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It was Day 3 of a rescue effort that had saved 450 canines from becoming dinner, and now the kind-hearted deed by hundreds of Beijing pet lovers was turning into an unsanitary, smelly mess. Inside the walled compound, the dogs were methodically being
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'Beijing commuters spend hour less in traffic'
Chaoyang :: China | 2 years ago
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But, many drivers say the congestion is still as bad as before. Improvements in public transport and the license-plate lottery system have helped ease congestion, and the average time spent in vehicles during periods of congestion fell from 135
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Expanding subways ease crowded roads
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 years ago
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Often, they bring about a change of lifestyle, as David Cohen finds out...The rural community, surrounded by farmland and unpaved roads and only 25 kilometers north of the second ring road, is one of the newest additions to Beijing's subway network.
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Sea burials to hit peak of 1,000 in Beijing
Beijing :: China | 2 years ago
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More Beijingers are being buried at sea, helping to save space and the environment, according to the capital's funeral authorities. As of Tuesday, more than 300 residents' remains had been scattered in rituals held off the coast of Tianjin this
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Sandstorm hits EW China, affects Beijing
Beijing :: China | over 2 years ago
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Beijingers woke Friday to see a yellowish-grey sky that heralded the year's first apparent sandstorm, as winds that had whipped up dust in China's arid northwest Thursday hit parts of the city. The municipal weather bureau said a cold current hitting
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