BEIJING TODAY PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY December 26, 2008 – January 1, 2009 NO. 395 CN11-0120 HTTP://BJTODAY.YNET.COM CHIEF EDITOR: JIAN RONG NEWS EDITOR: YU SHANSHAN DESIGNER: ZHAO YAN
Changsha’s past restored Pages 21
Ancient love on stage
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Ending a year of change Pages 8-10
For China, this has been an unusual year. From earthquakes and food scares to riots and the Beijing Olympics, the country has changed. But disasters aside, the year and its events were shaped by people, not forces of nature. For this final 2008 issue, Beijing Today looks back at the news that mattered to you and at the people who helped shape and record it.
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Capital to get its own Broadway
Finding the creative in Robin Hoods
Gov pledges to catch bum foreign bosses
Disabled accessible taxis disappear
Careful who you’re kissing Page 19
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