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Living in China: Survey shows Beijing’s office workers spend 70 minutes on daily commute
According to statistics released by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics (BMBS), residents' average daily work-related travel time was 70 minutes in 2008, 16 minutes longer than 20 years ago. The survey's statistics show that the average daily duration of work for urban and rural residents was 5 hours and 55 minutes in 2008, 43 minutes shorter than 20 years ago. At the same time, work-related travel time was 70 minutes, 16 minutes longer than 20 years ago.
China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Beijing has more cars on roads
Beijing registered 65,970 new motor vehicles in the first 45 days of 2009, with a daily increase of 1,466, according to the municipal traffic authority. That brought the total number of automobiles in the city to 3.56 million as of February/2009, according to figures from the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau [...]
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Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: Over 117 Million Mobile Internet Users in China
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) recently released two reports on China’s mobile Internet, according to the reports, by the end of 2008, there were already over 640 million mobile phone users in China, and the number of users who access the Internet via mobile phone already exceeded 117.6 million, according to the Research Report on Behavior of Internet Access via Mobile Phone released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) on February 18 in Beijing...
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e-Commerce in China: online shopping totals over 14 billion US dollars in 2008
The annual trade volume of China's online shopping market in 2008 surpassed the amount of 100 billion yuan (over 14 billion US dollars) for the first time, totaling 120 billion yuan, up by 128.5 percent year on year. Compared with the previous year, the growth rate rose by nearly 40 percentage points. The data come from the '2008 China Online Shopping Research Report' , jointly published by iResearch Consulting Group, a domestic polling organization, and taobao.com. The report also shows that, in 2008, the number of registered online shoppers in China increased by 185 percent from the previous year, reaching 120 million customers...
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Gaming in China: More chaperones in China’s Internet cafes
Young Chinese gamers won't have to worry about Fel Orcs, Forest Trolls, and Warp Stalkers when playing the Burning Crusade, so much as they will the newly appointed security guards patrolling the aisles at their local Internet cafe. It's campaign time again in China, and from July 1 through the end of September, the Chinese Ministry of Culture will be stepping up efforts to keep minors out of the nation's cyber cafes. In Beijing alone, 107 additional security guards, as well as newly trained middle school teachers will be supervising 71 such hangouts.
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Video: Capoeira in Beijing
This episode of Sexy Beijing talks to two expats who have made it their mission to introduce Capoeira Angola, a traditional Brazilian sport/dance to the Chinese public.
Living in China: Beijing ranked as most expensive city for expatriates
A recent survey by ECA International, a London-based human resources consultant, ranked Beijing as the 31st most expensive city for expatriates in the world, surpassing Hong Kong to become the most expensive city in China [...]
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Living in China: Beijing population size warning
Beijing's population is approaching the saturation point, Wei Chenlin, director of the municipal bureau of land and resources, said on recently. The population upper limit for the city, according to the bureau of land and resources, is 18 million. Currently the population has surpassed 16.3 million. It is estimated that by 2020 the population will be 21 million.
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Living in China: Beijing, Shanghai increase salaries