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The death toll from the flooding in Beijing, China, which is the city's worst flooding in more than 140 years, increases to 21.
2023-08-2

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announces it will close its Beijing bureau after over 40 years of operation, stating that the Chinese government has been intentionally delaying granting work visas to its reporters for over two years.
2022-11-2

Rare anti-government protests occur in Beijing ahead of the 20th National Congress of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, protesting the government "Zero-COVID" policy.
2022-10-13

Beijing's restaurants reopen following a decrease in new cases of COVID-19.
2022-06-6

A seven-year-old girl is confirmed as the first person in Beijing, China, to catch the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9 bird flu.
2013-04-13

China officially opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
2012-12-26

After the heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing, 9 million microblog users criticise the government for the lack of warning and poor infrastructure.
2012-07-23

Beijing police arrest at least a dozen members of a Christian house church for attempting to hold a church service in public after they are evicted from their usual place of worship.
2011-04-10

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il allegedly meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing.
2010-05-6

Representatives of the Dalai Lama head to Beijing for the first discussions with Chinese authorities in 15 months.
2010-01-25