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		<title>Beijing grants 311 foreigners permanent residence status</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


 Beijing has granted 311 foreigners permanent residence status since China adopted a policy akin to the &#8220;green card&#8221; in the United States in 2004, police said Sunday.
 The Beijing municipal public security bureau has accepted 371applications for permanent residence status over the past five years, of which 311 have been approved, said Xu Jie, an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/08/24/beijing-grants-311-foreigners-permanent-residence-status/</link>
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		<title>Beijing beefs up anti-terror measures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beijing has begun deploying thousands of additional police officers and checking vehicles entering the city to ensure a safe National Day celebration.
With little more than a month before the Oct 1 festivities marking the nation&#8217;s 60th birthday, the city on Saturday raised its security level, putting at least 6,000 officers on its streets every day, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/08/24/beijing-beefs-up-anti-terror-measures/</link>
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		<title>BOCOG disbanded one year after 2008 Olympics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[#3: Edit Options>MightyAdsense>Adsense Code] The Organizing Committee for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) was officially disbanded on Saturday, nearly a year after the close of the games described by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge as &#8220;truly exceptional&#8221;.
Liu Jingmin, vice mayor of Beijing and executive vice president of BOCOG, made the announcement at a brief [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/08/24/bocog-disbanded-one-year-after-2008-olympics/</link>
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		<title>China to turn on massive show for National Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A massive celebration in Tian&#8217;anmen Square on Oct. 1, at which President Hu Jintao will give a keynote speech, will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China.
A military parade and mass pageant would follow, said a spokesperson for the 60th National Day celebration preparation committee of the Beijing municipal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/08/24/china-to-turn-on-massive-show-for-national-day/</link>
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		<title>Beijing Olympic accommodation recycled to London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Temporary accommodation built for the Beijing Olympics will be shipped to London and re-used at the 2012 Olympic Games, Beijing Municipal Science &#38; Technology Commission (BSTC) has announced, the Beijing Daily reported on August 3.







Temporary accommodation built for the Beijing Olympics will be shipped to London and re-used at the 2012 Olympic Games. [File photo] 




BSTC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/08/04/beijing-olympic-accommodation-recycled-to-london/</link>
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		<title>Repair Work on the Tian&#8217;anmen Tower Completed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flocks of visitors are attracted by the newly repaired Tian&#8217;anmen Tower on August 1st, 2009. The repair work, which started in May, was carried out in preparation for the 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China. [Photo: CFP]
The repair work on Tian&#8217;anmen Tower in central Beijing finished and the western [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/08/04/repair-work-on-the-tiananmen-tower-completed/</link>
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		<title>Blog stoped for a long time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog have been stoped for a long time as too many things have to deal with. Now i am not sure what should i do for the next step. Work is just so so, salary is just so so. Lots of pressure from life.
I have a dream, a small dream. I need some time to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/07/31/blog-stoped-for-a-long-time/</link>
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		<title>Beijing announces subsidies to attract multinationals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International companies that open regional headquarters in Beijing will receive a government subsidy of up to 10 million yuan (US$ 1.46 million) according to measures announced by the city government on June 29.
 Companies with registered capital between 100 million yuan (US$ 14.6 million) and 500 million yuan (US$ 73 million) will receive 5 million yuan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/06/30/beijing-announces-subsidies-to-attract-multinationals/</link>
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		<title>Very hot Beijing weather</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It become very from this week in Beijing.
Beijing had the most &#8220;heated&#8221; senior middle school entrance exam Wednesday in the past six years as the temperature hit 37 degrees Celsius, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau said.
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		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/06/25/very-hot-beijing-weather/</link>
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		<title>Swim like a champ at the Water Cube</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Curious how swimming sensation Michael Phelps was able to grab eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games? The National Aquatic Center has opened one of its swimming pools to let the public swim like an Olympian.
Since Saturday, hundreds of water lovers from home and abroad have jumped into the warm-up pool at the center, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisbeijing.info/2009/06/22/swim-like-a-champ-at-the-water-cube/</link>
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