What Beijing has in fact been doing is taking steps to stimulate the economy.
Beijing has long sought to bide its time when dealing with sensitive geopolitical issues.
It comes after Beijing has cut stimulus measures, closed inefficient factories and curbed bank lending.
Beijing has said that it would gradually allow the renmimbi (RMB) to appreciate against the dollar.
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Beijing has therefore allowed the yuan to rise by only 10% since July 2005.
Beijing has developed one computer that uses locally designed microprocessors, but doesn't run commercially available software.
Beijing has lowered key interest rates seven times in the last three years (see charts).
The UNESCO Office in Beijing has been working on promoting professional standards in the Chinese media community.
Beijing has been trying to curb speculation in the property sector to prevent the formation of asset bubbles.
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Beijing has been using these pacts as part of its push for a more global role for the yuan.
But one cinema chain in Beijing has jumped the gun and splashed an ad for an Apr. 26 opening.
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Security Council, but Beijing has said it won't begin talks on the question until NATO stops its air campaign.
And Beijing has made inroads precisely at the time when Latin America is emerging as a key global player.
Panelists acknowledged, however, that a series of tightening moves by Beijing has sent prices down in several mainland markets.
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Beijing has seven Liang Zi locations, and many want to join the franchise.
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This year, Beijing has sought to push up growth rates with even more infrastructure spending and loose monetary policies.
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Beijing has taken a number of steps in order to cool things down.
Beijing has also been sponsoring programs at Chinese universities to encourage young Africans to come to the country to study.
Beijing has been impressed by the stock rally in the U.S. and the lift it has given to consumer spending.
Cambodia said on Sunday that Asean nations had agreed not to "internationalise" the issue, something Beijing has been pushing for.
To celebrate this and to demonstrate to the world "China's stability, prosperity and dynamism, " Beijing has declared 1997 Visit China Year.
Beijing has criticised the manoeuvres and called for more talks with Pyongyang, saying it is better to negotiate than "brandish weapons".
Beijing has been boosting spending in infrastructure construction to support economic growth.
Over the past six months the government in Beijing has introduced a host of incentives to encourage households to open their wallets.
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Beijing has announced it will increase salaries for civil servants by 30%.
He added that the "astonishing new wealth" of the nouveaux riches from Kazakhstan to Beijing has found a lifestyle niche through the sport.
As a result, Beijing has been trying to implement measures, in a bid to curb speculation and cool down growth in the sector.
To adjust the imbalance, Beijing has scheduled China Unicom to take over fixed-line operator China Netcom (See " Beijing Smiles On China Unicom").
In the meantime Beijing has talked at various points in the past year or so about stepping in to help Greece, Portugal and Italy.
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