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A new study by seismologists at Peking University in Beijing says that Earth's inner core stopped rotating faster than the rest of the planet in 2009.
2023-01-23

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

Former "Peking University prodigy" Li Shulei is named the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the municipality of Beijing.
2016-01-4

Beijing's city government issues its first red alert for pollution, ordering schools to close, halting outdoor construction, and restricting car use due to hazardous air quality.
2015-12-7

In a Peking University speech in Beijing, US Pacific Command commander, Admiral Harry Harris, says the U.S. Navy’s freedom-of-navigation patrols in the South China Sea are routine operations intended to demonstrate respect for international law principles. Harris reiterated they should not be construed as a threat to any country while emphasizing America's common ground with China.
2015-11-3

Malaysia Airlines loses contact with a Boeing 777-200ER passenger plane carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China.
2014-03-8

Cuban leader Raúl Castro makes his first visit to Beijing since succeeding Fidel Castro in 2008; trade deals are signed between China and Cuba.
2012-07-7

2011 China floods: An 'unprecedented' flash flood hits Beijing, leaving streets and many areas including Tiananmen Square and the Beijing Subway system underwater.
2011-06-23

A Chinese student from Beijing studying at York University in Toronto is found dead after a male stalker entered her room to use a cell phone while she was chatting online via webcam to a friend in China; she was found undressed and her computer is missing.
2011-04-15

A court in Beijing upholds a sentence against Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo who was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment on charges of subversion.
2010-02-11