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- Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Beijing in world's top 10 for housing price growth
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Beijing in world's top 10 for housing price growth
With the price of housing growing respectively by 14 and 12 percent per year Shanghai and Beijing rank 7th and 8th among the world’s top 10 cities for price growth, according to CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate broker. Policies such as interest rate cuts and lower down payments for f...
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Beijing-Zhangjiakou rail project approved
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- Views: 223
Beijing-Zhangjiakou rail project approved
The central government has approved plans for a 58.41-billion-yuan ($9.22 billion), 174-kilometer, Beijing-Zhangjiakou, northern Hebei province, high-speed rail project, Beijing News reported. To be constructed over four and a half years, it will ferry 60 million people one-way annually at speeds fr...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: More passengers equals more subway problems in capital
- Replies: 0
- Views: 170
More passengers equals more subway problems in capital
With the growing flow of passengers into the urban subway system, Beijing is experiencing a greater incidence of minor malfunctions. Beijing's subway trains have broken down 39 times so far this year, logging at least one failure per week, and 18 of them were caused by signal failures, according to ...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Beijing hosts electrifying debut
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- Views: 381
Beijing hosts electrifying debut
[b]Britain's Legge leads global field for unveiling of Formula E racing [/b] The first lady is in town. Not the presidential first lady, of course. Rather, the first lady of motor sports. Britain's Katherine Legge will drive for Team Amlin Aguri when Formula E racing debuts at Beijing's Olympic Gree...
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sept 11, painful memories that can never be erased
- Replies: 0
- Views: 205
Sept 11, painful memories that can never be erased
NEW YORK -- The National Sept 11 Memorial Museum on Wednesday opened its doors to the general public after a ceremonial transfer of The National 9/11 Flag into the Museum's permanent collection. The public opening comes days after US President Barack Obama and 9/11 Memorial Chairman Michael Bloomber...
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:23 pm
- Forum: New to Beijing
- Topic: Frequently Asked Questions about Beijing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 825
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Guessing....What really happened to MH370...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 518
Re: Guessing....What really happened to MH370...
It's a tragedy..
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: View of CBD Beijing
- Replies: 43
- Views: 12469
Re: View of CBD Beijing
Nice shoot...
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A 65-year-old man builds himself into a muscular man
- Replies: 2
- Views: 590