Beijing

In Beijing, one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced, rather than the usual number of between 70 and 80.

And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren't inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar-which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America's debt load is becoming unmanageable.

Every time any official in Beijing deliberates publicly about seeking an alternative to the US dollar for the $

When Beijing allows its currency exchange rates to float.

When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China

At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 metres Olympic gold.

On a summer evening in beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit.

The first session of the China institute in America short course beijing: the city through its architecture opens on Wednesday.

The night she won olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped.

They are trying to make sure that 5g terminals will have been installed by 2022 for the beijing winter Olympics.