Beijing, China News

A salesperson works inside a Saab dealership in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009.

Many university students under pressure are turning to the Internet for help - not for research, but to find someone to write their reports for them.

Leave it to the inimitable Coco Chanel to turn the remnants, i.e. gems, of her Paloma's Crown of Hearts pendant stormy romantic past into something spectacular.

Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo met here Tuesday with Thai Princess Chulabhorn.

Senior officials of the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of Vietnam pledged here Tuesday to improve relations between the two states and parties.

Rich and poor countries must "stop pointing fingers" and increase their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions to salvage the faltering talks on a global warming pact, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.

There have already been around 400 tons of leaves that have fallen alongside the streets of Shijingshan District this winter.

Police stopped an unauthorized demonstration headed toward the city's harbor and carried out a security check of some of the participants, Copenhagen police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch told The Associated Press.

When Ilya Abelsky visited a museum exhibit of jeweled eggs by Peter Carl Faberge, the acclaimed 19th-century jeweler to the Russian Imperial family, 6-year-old Abelsky became enchanted by their intricate designs and exquisite details links of london sale .

As of December 10 the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion will be the object of an intervention that reflects on the use of buildings and our concept of them as unique, unalterable spaces.

The slump in China's exports eased in November as global demand improved while strong gains in industrial output and retail sales showed that the recovery in the world's third-bigggest economy is gathering momentum.

About 80,000 workers had been involved in disputes with their employers by the end of November, double the number of last year, a senior official of the Beijing trade union said.

China has closed one of the country's largest file-sharing sites in what it says is a fight against copyright infringement, but could be seen as another measure aimed at controlling what content the country's Web users can find online.

A dozen Minnesota K-12 schools will receive funding for the next few years to institute Chinese language and culture programs as part of a grant from the Confucius Institute Headquarters in Beijing, China.

President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes his seat for the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Swedish viking metallers AMON AMARTH played their first-ever show in Beijing, China on December 1, 2009 at at Mao Livehouse.

China's Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the world's biggest makers of wind turbines - a cornerstone of the booming clean power business - but is unknown outside its home country.

Just like Shanghai people enjoy being referred as Shanghainese, people in Beijing call themselves Beijingers.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, middle, looks on as Minister of International Trade Stockwell Day, left, meets with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Friday, December 4, 2009.

President, Chief Scientific Officer Keynotes and Chairs Session on November 20, 2009, Meets With Leading Biotech Company, Explores Development and Launch of Diagnostic Tests in Chinese Market HOUSTON, Dec.