The marine artist Wyland says he’ll paint his 100th and final mural in Beijing.
Preeja Sreedharan has achieved the ‘B’ qualifying norms for the Beijing Olympics after finishing runner-up in the 10,000m run of the British Miles Club Elite Grand Prix in London by slicing more than a minute from the national record timing set by her. Sreedharan finished second behind local Jo Pavey on Saturday with a new national record timing of 32:04.41s.
WiCON International Group, the publisher of Pharma China, announced the official publication of its China Pharmaceutical Guide 2008 (3rd Edition). According to latest estimates by WiCON in this annually-updated Guide, the size of the Chinese drug market (including all Western and traditional Chinese medicine drug products, biopharmaceuticals and herbal preparations) reached US$50 billion at …
Monday, Hainan Airlines, China’s largest non-government-owned carrier, became the first airline to provide nonstop service between Beijing and Seattle.
Fireworks will be banned across the Chinese capital for three months in the latest in a series of security measures ahead of the August Beijing Olympics, state media said.
All fireworks will be banned across Beijing between July 1 and Oct 8 for safety reasons ahead of and during the Olympics and Paralympics, the city’s safety administration said yesterday.
Beijing said goodbye to paper subway tickets yesterday. They were replaced with electronic ones. With the introduction of the new Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system, passengers can now buy the new tickets from vending machines at the entrance to each platform.
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China bans fireworks during Beijing Olympics as part of security crackdown.
BANGKOK, June 7 (TNA) - Thailand’s Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry will request Bt100 million from the cabinet Tuesday to be used to promote Thai fruits during the Beijing Olympic Games, according to Minister Somsak Prissananantakul.