Many people in Beijing return to school only because they have become parents.

在北京，很多人回到学校只是因为他们成为了父母。

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People think Mei Lanfang played an important role in the spread of Beijing Opera because he was the first to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners.

人们认为梅兰芳在京剧的传播中发挥了重要作用，因为他是第一个将京剧介绍给外国人的人。

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The opening of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high speed railway took place in December, 2019. The railway is a milestone in China's railway development because it has used the latest technologies in railway building.

京张高速铁路于2019年12月开通。这条铁路是中国铁路发展的一个里程碑，因为它采用了铁路建设的最新技术。

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Li says owning a home is a lot of pressure because housing prices in Beijing are the highest in the country.

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Officials at the Chinese Foreign Ministry and at the North Korean embassy in Beijing could not be reached because of a holiday in China.

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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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Those receiving the second level of funding have to have finished in the top eight in Beijing or Osaka, while those in the third tier are funded because they have the potential to win medals at next year's World Championships.

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"The public can of course continue to express scepticism, but we cannot because give up helping compatriots in earthquake-stricken areas of Lushan because of distrust of an organisation, " Beijing Youth Daily commentator Shu Shengxiang adds.

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