Forbidden City
Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong, in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square.
China steps up IPR protection to promote innovation
Landlords of Beijing's biggest retail markets including the Silk Alley Market signed a memorandum with a group of international manufacturers of brand-name products in early June, 2006.
They pledged to suspend or evict any tenants found selling pirated versions of products from a group of 23 international brands including Louis Vuitton, Prada, Adidas and Levi's.
China to increase train speed to 200 km per hour in 2007
China will launch a nationwide railway speed acceleration in 2007, the 6th in nine years, with train speed reaching 200 kilometers per hour for the first time, said sources with the Ministry of Railways.
Gigantic mooncake for Mid Autumn Festival
Residents wait to taste a gigantic mooncake during a mooncake festival in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province September 26, 2006. The 400-kilogram mooncake was part of celebrations for the upcoming Mid Autumn Festival which falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. This year, it will fall on October 6. The mooncake took seven days to finish.