Sources: BBC
Various factions in the Palestinian government, including rivals Fatah and Hamas, sign a declaration in Beijing, China, to end their divisions and form a unity government. 2024-07-23
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing, China, to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping following an unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. 2024-07-8
A new lunar mineral is discovered by the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, which is named Changesite–(Y). 2022-09-9
Hong Kong Police Force clash with protesters at different malls across Hong Kong amid a visit by Chief Executive Carrie Lam to Beijing. Riot police use pepper spray to disperse crowds as a result. 2019-12-15
Singapore closes its primary and secondary schools as smoke from the Indonesian fires raises air pollution to hazardous levels. 2015-09-25
Panasonic will stop making lithium-ion batteries for phones and cameras in Beijing, China, with a cut of 1,300 jobs. The company will instead refocus on higher-margin products such as electric car batteries. 2015-08-27
Chen Xitong, who was mayor of Beijing during the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, dies at age 82. 2013-06-5
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
2011 Chinese protests:Police in China show up in force in several cities after a call for a "Jasmine Revolution", and disperse protesters in Beijing and Shanghai. 2011-02-20
New laws restricting car purchases in the Chinese capital Beijing come into force, in an attempt to combat serious traffic problems. 2010-12-24