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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

It is announced that Beijing residents must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter public spaces as part of a major tightening of restrictions in the Chinese capital.
2022-04-30

Canada's House of Commons approves a motion by 266 to zero votes, formally recognizing that China is committing genocide against its Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. However, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and most of his Cabinet did not participate in the vote. An amendment to the bill also calls for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved from Beijing if the genocide continues.
2021-02-22

The National Health Commission of China reports a third death from coronavirus, the number of infected having increased by 136 during the weekend. The report comes as authorities confirmed that the virus spread from Wuhan to major cities, including Shenzhen, Beijing, and Hong Kong.
2020-01-20

A fire in a low-rent apartment in a suburb of Beijing kills 19 people and injures 8.
2017-11-18

Pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader CY Leung says he will quit after his term ends.
2016-12-9

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

Chen Xitong, who was mayor of Beijing during the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, dies at age 82.
2013-06-5

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is opened in Beijing, during which current Paramount Leader Hu Jintao is expected to step down to make way for presumptive leader Xi Jinping.
2012-11-8

Xiaobo's lawyer confirms that his wife Liu Xia is under house arrest in Beijing.
2010-10-11