His store is big in Beijing, tiddly elsewhere but still ambitious.
Also, people from big cities like Beijing and Shanghai are very biased against outsiders.
The "most important feature" is the inclusion for the first time of an equal proportion of deputies from urban and rural areas, with more delegates from farming regions and fewer from big cities like Beijing or Shanghai, it says.
Overall, seven emerging-market capitals are more expensive than the Big Apple, including Beijing, Seoul and Tel Aviv.
Politically, the big question is whether Beijing will keep up this pace of appreciation against the dollar and whether that will placate the new crowd on Capitol Hill.
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So, as big as all of Beijing's spending programs are--they could end up being about 18% of GDP and the largest in the world on a percentage basis--they are not enough to stop the country's accelerating decline for more than a few quarters.
In return, Beijing gets a big stake in future oil production and a guaranteed oil and gas supply.
Housing prices in the big eastern seaboard cities like Beijing and Shanghai remain high compared to where they were five years ago, but have been coming down month over month due to the current policies that curb lending to the sector and restrict home purchases, especially for non-resident home buyers, foreign investors, and second or third home buyers.
Popular uprisings abroad, like sensitive political anniversaries or big events such as the 2008 Beijing Olympics at home, offer pretexts for a round-up of the usual suspects.
"China's wealth is spreading beyond the entertainment industry's traditionally big markets in eastern cities like Beijing and Shanghai, and moving further out into second- and third-tier cities, " says Echo Yang, who compiled the list for Forbes China.
Beijing must also decide how big an appreciation, if any, should accompany the shift.
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Winning the bid to hold the 2008 Olympics in Beijing must have been a big morale-booster, but not enough to ensure smooth sailing at Beidaihe.
In 2008, he left behind his Cape Cod style home overlooking the Bay and rented an apartment in Beijing to catch the next big trend.
In the 1980s Beijing established farms to breed the big cats so that they could be released into the wild.
In other words, contrary to Beijing's fears, a big exchange-rate rise does not inevitably lead to economic depression.
Vobile's big break came in 2007, when the Beijing media megalith Central Chinese Television (CCTV) asked the company to help it police Olympic videoclips to prevent their spread on the Web.
They believe only big businesses are really benefiting from more business with Beijing.
"It's hard to struggle on with paltry wages while your students have opportunities to make big bucks, " says a Western teacher in Beijing.
Economists like Nouriel Roubini were constantly lambasting Beijing for its dependence on spending for big government projects to keep employment levels high, and economic activity hot.
Until now, most of China's explosive growth in auto sales has been concentrated in the wealthier coastal areas near Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where big, expensive sedans are popular.
"Having the disappointment from Beijing it's obviously going to be a big year for me, " she said.
Members of a big underground (ie, non-state) church in Beijing, stopped from meeting in their usual building, were arrested as they tried to worship outside.
Many of the Chinese companies involved are privately held, like Shuanghui, as opposed to the big state-owned enterprises that often act on behalf of Beijing on the international stage.
Beijing entrepreneur Alan Guo makes the point that today, big companies serve small companies rather than the other way around.
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Mu Guangzong of Renmin University of China in Beijing says that even without it the fertility rate in big cities would only be around 1.5, well below the replacement threshold (but higher than 1.0 as it now is in Beijing and Shanghai).
One day before China's big moment, the Olympic opening ceremonies, a dull haze hung over Beijing.
The participating firms included Alison Brooks Architects from London, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group from Copenhagen, Cloud9 from Barcelona, Standardarchitecture from Beijing and J Mayer.
On a lighter note, the recent tensions with Japan appear to be boosting sales of "Tokyo Big Bang" and "I love the Diaoyu Islands" fireworks in Beijing, according to People's Net.
The dashing young equestrian will compete this summer in Beijing on his English horse, Hugo, and is one of the big Saudi medal hopes.
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