Sources: BBC
President of Russia Vladimir Putin meets with President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing, China. 2024-05-16
Eleven people are killed and 13 others are reported missing during floods in Beijing, China. More than 50,000 people have been evacuated from the city. 2023-08-1
Twenty-nine people are killed in a fire at a hospital in Beijing, China. 2023-04-18
Beijing's restaurants reopen following a decrease in new cases of COVID-19. 2022-06-6
Beijing closes all schools, locks down several residential estates and imposes a partial travel ban, urging residents not to leave the city, after 27 more COVID-19 cases are confirmed in the city, bringing the total to 106 new cases in the last five days. The new outbreak is linked to the Xinfadi Market. 2020-06-16
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells Congress that Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous from China" following Beijing's plans to impose a new security law on the territory, and no longer meets its special designation for trade under U.S. law that was established in the United States–Hong Kong Policy Act. 2020-05-27
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh claim they have successfully brought prepubescent-sourced, immature human egg cells to maturity in a laboratory for the first time. The work may be significant because it may allow the harvesting and preservation of eggs from young girls undergoing toxic cancer treatment before their lifetime reservoirs of those cells are destroyed. 2018-02-9
Cybersecurity software maker Check Point reports "HummingBad" malware has infected at least 10 million Android devices, mostly in China and India. Check Point says a team of developers based in Beijing is behind "HummingBad" which gives hackers administrative-level access to infected devices. Apple devices have been hit by similar malware. 2016-07-5
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
The first China-Europe High-Level Political Party Forum convenes in Beijing. 2010-05-24