Some cities, such as Beijing, have announced increases in their minimum wages of up to 20%.
It may require intermediate measures, such as Beijing's accession to the World Trade Organization.
Such assistance will continue, as Beijing believes it is in its best interests to maintain stability on the Korean peninsula.
As a rule, Brasilia is just as protective of its developing domestic industries as Beijing is of its own exporters.
That leaves plenty of headroom for expansion as Beijing promotes road projects and other infrastructure spending to bolster economic growth.
The real estate market has impacted the economy as Beijing corrals developers in an effort to avoid an explosive housing bubble.
Wu is looking to second-tier cities such as Yantai, Wuxi and Changzhou for growth as first-tier cities such as Beijing mature.
The new yuan clearing hub underscores rising use of the yuan for trade, as well as Beijing's push to internationalize its currency.
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Countless "hutong, " as Beijing's traditional courtyard housing is called, have been knocked down and replaced by skyscrapers, shopping malls and apartment buildings.
After all, your blogger travels about 300, 000 miles-per-year preaching the gospel of Forbes and entrepreneurial capitalism in places such as Beijing, Paris and Laurel, Miss.
Demand in prime cities such as Beijing and Shanghai is phenomenal.
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Prices of newly built homes in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou were marginally lower compared with November, the statistics bureau's statement said.
As Beijing figures out what to do, it is keeping interest spreads wide to bolster the banks, hoping that they can earn their way out of a predicament.
Likewise in China, there are a growing number of super-high speed rail lines that can travel above 300 km per hour between major cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai.
Some might opt to avoid very expensive cities, such as Beijing or Shanghai, for up-and-coming smaller urban centers such as Chengdu, the provincial capital of agriculturally fecund Sichuan province.
Watch a memorial service for those killed The initial tremor was so strong it was felt as far away as Beijing and even Bangkok, more than 2, 000 kilometers (nearly 1, 250 miles) away.
Royal Caribbean is building up a training team to teach travel agents in markets such as Beijing and Shanghai and increasing its marketing spend to educate travelers who are fearful of sea sickness.
Property transactions by floor space in some major cities, such as Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Chongqing rose in May from a year earlier, according to statistics from data provider China Real Estate Information Corp.
As Beijing prepares to host the summer Olympic Games in less than three months, officials were quick to report that the city's dozens of Olympic venues were built to withstand earthquakes and that none had suffered damage.
As Beijing wrestles with stubborn house inflation, overseas projects offer a hedge for both developers and their wealthy customers, who typically own multiple properties at home and see offshore real estate as a track to a foreign residency.
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"They have little incentive to over-report use of energy, including electricity, as Beijing imposes increasingly restrictive regulations on energy use per unit of GDP on local governments, " said Bank of America Merrill-Lynch economist Lu Ting in a note.
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Medical teams found the boy in a check of people who had contact with a 7-year-old girl, who was confirmed as Beijing's first case of H7N9 over the weekend: a neighbor of the boy bought chicken from the girl's family.
By the Qing dynasty (1644 to1912), many Huizhou men had consolidated their capital to open a string of pawnshops in major cities such as Beijing, and they funnelled their profits home to fund the construction of lavish residences for their wives and children.
"Local governments are also keener to support e-commerce retailers, which contributes to higher employment and meaningful tax revenue for the city, " said Mr. Shen, adding that the company plans to expand further in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where it currently has a presence, and into second-tier cities such as Chongqing and Chengdu.
With the world's eyes on China as the Beijing Olympics looms, the country is touting its concern about animal welfare as a mark of a civilised society.
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For marketers looking to capitalize on a newly crowned champion, the wounded hurdler will likely go down as the Beijing Olympics' biggest disappointment.
Usually Science requires that researchers file their sequences in GenBank, a freely accessible database, before they are allowed to publish, as the Beijing institute has done.
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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States recently approved the sale of Complete Genomics, based in Mountain View, California to China-based BGI (formerly known as the Beijing Genomics Institute).
As a Beijing resident, I was wondering how Professor Li of Tsinghua would answer the question, but he gave what I believe was the best response by repeating some of what he said in his opening remarks.
Mr Huntsman's service as envoy in Beijing until April this year is seen as one of his most significant liabilities, with some staunchly conservative Republicans viewing his work for Mr Obama as a betrayal of the Republican Party.
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