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Indian national security advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi meet in Beijing, China, and reach a six-point consensus to maintain peace along the border, refine border management rules, resume cross-border exchanges, and work toward resolving border disputes. A follow-up meeting is planned to be held in India next year.
2024-12-19

A new lunar mineral is discovered by the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, which is named Changesite–(Y).
2022-09-9

The closing ceremony of the Winter Paralympics is held in Beijing.
2022-03-13

Beijing-based private development space launch company LandSpace's three-stage rocket, Zhuque-1, carrying a satellite named "Future" built for state media China Central Television, fails to reach orbit.
2018-10-28

Companies shut down production in Beijing and cars are taken off the road after a red alert for smog is issued in northern China. Dozens of cities have closed schools due to the smog.
2016-12-19

2013 Tiananmen Square incident: Police in China name two suspects from Xinjiang linked to an apparent suicide attack car crash outside the Forbidden City on Tiananmen Square in the capital Beijing.
2013-10-29

Jia Qinglin meets with Japanese business leaders and lawmakers in Beijing in a bid to ease tensions between China and Japan.
2012-09-27

Officials in Beijing raise the death toll from weekend flooding to 77 after rescuers located additional bodies. This follows criticism, including from the Chinese state media, of the city's handling of the storm.
2012-07-26

The father of a victim of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests commits suicide in Beijing after failing attempts for government redress.
2012-05-28

Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng – who fled from house arrest – reportedly takes refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing.
2012-04-28