Beijing has set the goal of making progress in becoming a top international capital over the next five years.
Beijingers breathed perfect air from August 20 to September 3 as half of the city's cars were barred from roads and industries in nearby provinces were temporarily shut down.
Supporters of Brazil's two rival presidential candidates clashed in downtown Sao Paulo Thursday, as the race heats up ahead of Sunday's election runoff.
Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Wednesday relaxed the city's birth control policy by allowing couples to have a second baby if either parent is an only child, the local legislature said at a press conference.
The municipal legislature of Beijing on Wednesday passed a regulation on air pollution control featuring emission controls and harsher penalties in the city's latest effort to battle severe smog.
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