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...Office said the boffins had "enhanced" the natural snowfall to ease drought conditions in the city. But more than 520 flights from Beijing were delayed, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded. "There is room to improve the...

In this article: Silver iodide and China

Hotel Review: Commune by the Great Wall, Near Beijing Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times The balcony of a copy of the Cantilever House, overlooking the hills of the Commune. Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times A bedroom in a copy...

In this article: Tax, Cantonese cuisine, The New York Times, Sichuan, and Asia

...action yet against China by market value and affected exports worth $3.2 billion a year. Also Friday, Beijing announced it was launching an anti-dumping investigation of imported U.S. autos. It said it was acting on a complaint by...

In this article: United States, World Trade Organization, Washington, China, U.S. Commerce Department, Barack Obama, and Europe

...company that owns the National Stadium was reorganized to award a 58 percent share of its stock to the state-owned industry arm of the Beijing city government, which also assumed the exclusive rights to manage events there for 30 years.

In this article: Revenue, China Daily, Pierre de Meuron, Usain Bolt, 2008 Beijing Olympics, and Jackie Chan

...importing of Chinese technicians. "China has expressed our concerns to the Indian side," he said. Beijing opposes most activities of the Dalai Lama, whom it accuses of advocating independence from Chinese rule for his native Tibet.

In this article: Dalai Lama, China, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Tibet, and Buddhist

...fallen so early in the season in Beijing since 1987, officials said. The earliest recorded snowfall in the city was on October 26, 1960. Beijing is accustomed to freezing winters but snow rarely falls more than three or four times each...

In this article: Silver iodide, China, and Siberia

Quentin Sommerville, who is in Beijing, says winter arrived early this year Chinese meteorologists say they brought about Beijing's earliest snowfall in a decade, after seeding rain clouds with silver iodide to ease a drought. The...

In this article: China, Silver iodide, UK, and BBC

...Super League. Never before had the C-league been so fiercely contested in its history as the title race went down to the final day, with Beijing leading Henan Jianye on goal difference, a point clear of Changchun Yatai. This meant Beijing...

In this article: Beijing Guoan, Changchun Yatai, Shanghai Shenhua, Henan Jianye, Celebrations, Chinese Super League, and Ryan Griffiths

The Shanghai government may soon give preliminary details on plans for a new Disney theme park it hopes to develop, as it awaits Beijing's formal approval for the project, a government source said on Monday. The official Xinhua news...

In this article: Disney, Shanghai, U.S., China, Han Zheng, and Barack Obama

Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada recently asked Beijing to compile an interim report admitting the frozen dumplings that sickened 10 people in Japan about two years ago were laced with poison in China, diplomatic sources said Saturday.

In this article: Katsuya Okada, China, Yang Jiechi, Wen Jiabao, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan, Chinese food, and Shanghai