A former supermarket manager who fled to Thailand after suspectedly embezzling public funds has been seized by police in an international manhunt.
Both Beijing and Almaty are strong candidates who will have a good competition between them in the race for hosting the 2022 Winter Games, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday.
Beijing on Tuesday submitted its 2022 Winter Olympic Games official bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Changying and Chunxiulu branches of Hualian Supermarket have canceled their sales promotion events in January, for fear that there would be safety hazards because of consumers rushing to the same place for cheap goods, the Beijing News reported.
Beijing car owners with emissions-heavy models can now earn more money from scrapping their vehicles after the city raised its subsidy for doing so by an average of 2,000 yuan (321.8 US dollars), environmental protection authorities said Tuesday.
Beijing authorities have tightened supervision on sales promotions in shops and supermarkets out of fear of tragedies like Shanghai's deadly New Year's stampede
Many fireworks vendors have been recently promoting environmentally friendly fireworks, which adopt the same sulfur-free techniques used in the fireworks celebration during the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) meetings in Beijing in November, 2014, the Beijing Times reported.
Parking fee collection in Beijing is coming up short, according to a report in Beijing News on Monday.
About 2.4 million people visited Beijing's public parks during the New Year holidays, a 40 percent increase compared to the amount of visitors last year, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.
Beijing had 45 heay pollution days last year, according to the report on Beijing's air quality released by Beijing environmental protection bureau.
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