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China Focus: Spring Festival enchants foreigners

​Since arriving in Beijing to study in 2014, every Chinese New Year Sabaa Ali El-Tayeb has bought a stuffed toy animal.

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More people booking Spring Festival getaways

More Chinese are choosing to travel during Spring Festival rather than return to their hometowns for family reunions, a break from one of China's most important traditions.

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Spring Festival to see nearly 3 billion trips

The world's largest annual human migration, the Spring Festival travel rush, will be even larger this year.

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Beijing enjoys brief respite, but choking smog to return on Tuesday

Heavy smog that blanketed northern China at the weekend cleared somewhat on Monday, with flights in Beijing back to normal, but it was likely only to be a brief respite with more choking smog expected to return to the wintry north within 24 hours.

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A city sighs as Beijing's heavy smog continues

As Beijing enters the fifth day since a red alert for air pollution was issued, severe smog lingers in the city and continues to plague people's lives.

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Beijing's "smog refugees" flee the capital for cleaner air down south

Hordes of Beijing residents are fleeing China’s capital and heading south in pursuit of cleaner air as the year’s worst smog lay siege to the city.

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France hits out at Donald Trump's bullish tone with China

France's top diplomat on Wednesday (Dec 14) slammed the bullish tone taken by US President-elect Donald Trump with key trade ally Beijing in threatening to upend Washington's One China policy.

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Beijing's '7th Ring Road' complete

​A 1,000-kilometer expressway linking Beijing and nearby cities in Hebei province was completed on Tuesday, which will ease traffic congestion and improve regional economic growth in the area.

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Chen Man: China's 'Annie Leibovitz' is changing how the world sees China

As China becomes increasingly important in the world of fashion, one photographer is leading the scene — 35-year-old Beijing native Chen Man.

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Flights cancelled as snow hits Beijing, with forecasts warning winter's chill "coldest in 30 years"

Cold front – with temperatures as low as minus 8 degrees Celsius – is Chinese capital’s coldest in three decades for this time of year

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Vietnamese audiences enthralled by China's quintessential Beijing Opera

Vietnamese audiences are being transported back in time and offered a wonderful chance to enjoy quintessentially Chinese performances by the phenomenal Beijing Opera troupe.

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Station to close after 106 years

Trains will stop at a 106-year-old station in Beijing for the final time on Monday next week before the tracks are torn up to make way for a high-speed rail link.

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Asia's largest underground water recycling plant opens in Beijing

Asia's largest subterranean water recycling plant commenced operation in Beijing on Thursday, one of the measures being rolled out by the capital to manage sewage in the city proper.

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Discounts multiply during gap between holidays

The National Day marked the last golden holiday this year, but the best is just beginning for those who have chosen to use their paid vacation later.

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Mobile clinic for animals on hold over license plate

Vet says project would show Beijing's humanistic nature amid public concerns