"I can't live in Beijing, " says Luo Xu, who was born in Yunnan.

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The closure of live poultry markets in Beijing will put new pressure on an industry how to handle chickens ready to be sold but that have no buyers.

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Now instead of writing to that person you barely know in Beijing, you can listen to a whole Sinica podcast on the best English-language books on China as decreed by avid readers who live and work in Beijing.

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Beijing and major eastern Chinese cities have closed live poultry markets and are taking other precautions to limit the spread of the new virus.

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Raedemaeker was initially held in Gansu but was later allowed to live with his partner in a Beijing hotel because of his poor health, media reports say.

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Beijing had some very interesting characteristics: Michael Phelps swam live during prime time, gymnastics was live.

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He's looking forward to watching the next premiership season live in some of the less salubrious bars across Beijing where he now lives.

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Some 40% of its inhabitants used to live in shantytowns clustered around mines, according to China Daily, a Beijing newspaper.

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He plans to give the bulk of tickets to the live show, which will be staged in a to-be-determined Beijing venue, to migrant workers who are stuck in Beijing during the holiday.

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Likely live in one of the following cities: Boston, NYC, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, Beijing or Shanghai.

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