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Carter, Former World Leaders in N. Korea for Talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former President Jimmy Carter and other past world leaders were hoping to meet with North Korea's ruler as they began a three-day mission Tuesday to discuss dangerous food shortages and stalled nuclear disarmament talks. Children presented flowers to Carter, former Finnish President Martti...

China Dogs' Rescue Shows Growing Animal Activism

BEIJING -- After spotting a truck packed with hundreds of whimpering dogs on a Beijing highway, a man put out a call on a microblogging site, begging fellow animal lovers to help him force the driver to release the animals. Around 200 people responded, blockading the truck at a toll booth for 15 hours until they finally...

Artist Creates Subway Car That Looks Like a Giant Fish

An art exhibition in Beijing is hooking people with its featured piece: a huge subway car that looks like a giant fish. The piece, called "Leviathanation," features a giant fish head made from fiberglass that is stuck in front of a train car, while stuffed animals rest on its head. The name is a reference to Leviathan,...

Cities, Attractions Will Again Go Dark Saturday for Earth Hour

Cities and attractions across the globe will welcome the darkness for one hour at 8:30 local time Saturday, the fifth anniversary of Earth Hour. The annual event for climate change awareness is hosted by the World Wildlife Fund and asks people all over the world to turn off the lights. Sydney was the first city to...

Google Says China Blocking Its Email Services

BEIJING -- Google said Monday the Chinese government is interfering with its email services in China, making it difficult for users to gain access to its Gmail program, amid an intensified Internet crackdown following widespread unrest in the Middle East. Google Inc. said its engineers have determined there are no...

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Who or What Is God?

"The most beautiful and deepest experience a man can have is the sense of the mysterious. It is the underlying principle of religion, as well as, all serious endeavour. He who never had this experience, if not dead, then at least blind. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced, there is a something that the...

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China rules US clean energy support improper

BEIJING -China's Commerce Ministry says an investigation has found that U.S. government support for six renewable energy projects violated free-trade rules.

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Beijing Toilets Now Have A Two-Fly Limit (VIDEO)

Beijing, China, is truly a repressive place -- for flies anyway.

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China's Cabinet promises to boost economy

BEIJING -China's Cabinet promised Wednesday to step up efforts to reverse a steep slowdown in the world's second-largest economy and said it would encourage private investment in energy and other state-dominated industries.

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EU appeals to China to join global emissions talks

BEIJING -A European envoy held out a possible compromise in a dispute with China over emissions charges on airlines, saying Europe might alter its system if Beijing helps to negotiate a global agreement on controls.

Beijing News From the Web

05/27/12 Blind dissident Chen's brother goes missing after... Source: New Kerala Dot Com Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's brother Chen Guangfu has disappeared after escaping to Beijing.
05/27/12 Hundreds march in Hong Kong to remember Tiananmen Source: The Straits Times - Singapore Hundreds of pro-democracy activists marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the crushing of the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.
05/27/12 Long China-Korean friendship has soured Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA China's leadership is hitting a rough patch with ally North Korea under its new leader Kim Jong Un, as Beijing finds itself wrong-footed in episodes including Pyongyang's rocket launch and the murky detention of Chinese fishing boats.
05/26/12 Yen-yuan direct trading likely to start in June Source: The Japan Times Japan and China are expected to start directly trading their currencies in June as part of efforts to boost bilateral trade and investment, financial sources in Beijing said Saturday.
05/26/12 Chen's brother back home from Beijing Source: La Verne Community Newspaper - La Verne CA The brother of Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng said he's worried about his incarcerated son and has met with attorneys in Beijing to get legal advice for him.

Background on Beijing

Beijing (; , ), formerly romanized as Peking ( or ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The metropolis, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government, with 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties.

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