1. Investors are buying up or renting apartments near Beijing's Olympic village to set up budget family hotels in time for next year's Games.
2. The government had - for the first time during a Beijing winter - performed cloud seeding by both plane and rocket.
3. He said migrant people were allowed for the first time to vote in Beijing, with a certificate of qualified voters issued by the authority of their hometown.
4. Another New Year's concert will be staged by the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, this time conducted by Tan Lihua.
5. The calculated move of Beijing was wise and came at the right time - one that will benefit the economy more than hurt it.
6. To make a call to France at 10 am Paris time means that you're on the phone at 2 am in Beijing.
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7. Beijing residents often joke that the time they spend on the way to work often turns out to be longer than their actual working hours.
8. He also voiced his doubts when medical experts in Beijing said that chlamydia was the actual cause of illness at that time.
9. As the Central Committee meets in Beijing to discuss China's cultural development, it is high time the leadership moves to reform the moral fiber of this country.
10. The central computer and two for the provinces have been installed in Beijing in record time and are already operational.