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Chinese Artist Comes Clean – I Am The Wingjing Streaker

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Crucifix, Sex Doll, UK News, Weird News, Beijing, Weibo, Li Binyuan, Man Carrying Giant Cross, Naked Man Carrying Cross, News, China, Wingjing Streaker, UK News

A performance artist has announced he is the mysterious naked man who has been pictured dashing around Beijing with a giant crucifix. Li Binyuan s...

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Naked Man Carrying Giant Cross Runs Through Beijing

Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Man Carrying Giant Cross, Weird News, Beijing, UK News, Naked Man Carrying Cross, UK Weird News, News, China, UK News

UPDATE The Wingjing Streaker: Chinese Artist Li Binyuan Says He Is Beijing's Naked Man With A Crucifix (PICTURES) A picture of a naked man running ...

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Ned Simons

David Cameron 'Not Banned' From China Downing Street Insists

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Dalai Lama, Tibet, Beijing, Downing Street, United Kingdom, David Cameron, China, UK Economy, UK Politics News

David Cameron has not been banned from China as punishment for meeting the Dalai Lama and aims to visit Beijing before the end of the year, Downing St...

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Naked Woman Chases Naked Man Carrying A Sex Doll Through Beijing

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Naked Man, Internet, Beijing, Sex Doll, Relationships, Viral, China, Naked Women, UK Lifestyle News

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well in this case, these images provoke rather more questions they answer. According to Chinese news ...

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PHOTO: Smog Blankets Tiananmen Square As Capital Dubbed 'Greyjing'

Posted 24.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Beijing, UK News, Air Pollution, Pollution, Beijing Smog, Smog, China, UK News

The difference between this photo of Beijing's most famous landmark on a clear summer's day, now shrouded in filthy smog is a stark portrayal of the r...

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Meanwhile in Beijing...

John Wight | Posted 05.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: China, Communism, Beijing, Barack Obama, Diaoyu Islands, Mitt Romney, US Election 2012, US Elections 2012, Xi Jinping, World Power, Capitalism, Senkaku Islands, UK Politics News
John Wight

Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election on 6 November is, events in Beijing on 8 November will undoubtedly prove of equal if not more significance for a southern hemisphere that has long suffered as a consequence of the unipolarity enjoyed by Washington.

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UK Now: Pulling all the Strings

Lee Maxwell Simpson | Posted 29.12.2012 | Home
Read More: China, Beijing, Uknow, Thetable, Blindsummit, Home News
Lee Maxwell Simpson

When David Cameron breezed into Beijing in 2010 banging the drum for UK Inc. and announcing "the biggest ever celebration of British arts held in China (highlighting) the best of UK creativity...(including) exhibitions, concerts and performances across the country" in the shape of UK Now, I was a little dubious.

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Britain's Equestrian Team Trots To Gold

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: London 2012, Video, Beijing, UK News, Team GB, Equestrian, Olympics, Olympics News, Slideexpand, UK Sport News

The jitters the nation was feeling after the first day of the Olympics, when Mark Cavendish lost out in the road race and our medal tally stood at nou...

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Armani Advocation

Rebecca Stevens | Posted 31.07.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Giorgio Armani, Hashtags, Twitter, Beijing, Economy, Conversation, Fashion, China, UK Style News
Rebecca Stevens

I was very interested to read online yesterday and today about Giorgio Armani's global discussion and social media plans, following over 10 years of Armani retail success in China.

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Cameron's Meeting With Dalai Lama 'Hurt China's Feelings'

PA | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Nick Clegg, Dalai Lama, Beijing, London, Arianna Huffington, David Cameron, China, UK Politics News

China today protested about Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to meet the Dalai Lama during his visit to London yesterday. Britain's ambassad...

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North Korea - George Orwell's Pyramid Looms Over Pyongyang

John Fleming | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Pyongyang, Korean War, Beijing, UK World, Western Tourists, North Korea, Kim Il-Sung, South Korea, George Orwell, UK News
John Fleming

I was in North Korea last week for the celebrations of the late Great Leader Kim Il-sung's 100th birthday.

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Sex, Drink, Corruption: How to do Business in China

Gabrielle Jaffe | Posted 24.06.2012 | UK
Read More: China Corruption, Business in China, Sex, How to Do Business in China, Beijing, Baijiu Dinner, Bo Xilai, China, Corruption, Neil Heywood, Ktv, Bribery, Bribes, UK News
Gabrielle Jaffe

Chinese corruption has come under the spotlight in a big way this month. Accusations that the wife of Bo Xilai, one of China's top politicians, is behind the death of British businessman Neil Heywood have also led to allegations of the couple's corruption.

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Beijing - An Arrest in Tiananmen Square and an Offer of Exciting Sex

John Fleming | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK
Read More: 1984, Prostitution, Repression, Mao, Police, Advertising, Beijing, Protest, Sex Tiananmen, China, UK News
John Fleming

I am in Beijing but, this morning, it felt like I was home in London when a taxi driver took me on a 12-minute round trip in the opposite direction to...

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Victoria Beckham Worries She's Shrinking, Plus More Great Twitter Pics From Her Beijing Trip

MyDaily | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Victoria Beckham, Beijing, Fashion, Celebrity Style, China, UK Style News

We've said it before, and we'll say it again. We LOVE that Victoria Beckham is on Twitter. The designer has been well documenting her current trip to ...

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Victoria Beckham And Baby Harper Hit Balenciaga In Beijing

MyDaily | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Baby Harper, Victoria Beckham, Beijing, Fashion, Celebrity Style, Harper Beckham, UK Style News

WHO? Victoria Beckham and baby Harper...

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Chinese Transformers

Lee Maxwell Simpson | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Transformers, Beijing, 127 Theatre, Censorship, Lee Maxwell Simpson, Chinese Censorship, China, UK Entertainment News
Lee Maxwell Simpson

The scent of Granny's Gumdrops is lingering in the sullied Beijing air. Sitting watching the critically acclaimed British theatre company 1927's perfo...

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It Means Nothing to Me: Turner Prize-Winner Susan Philipsz's First Collaboration With her Father is Exhibited in China

Clare Pennington | Posted 10.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Turner Prize, Susan Philipsz, Beijing, Mizuma & One, Caochangdi, Burma, It Means Nothing to Me, China, Home News
Clare Pennington

Beijing is not the first place you'd think of finding Turner Prize-winner Susan Philipsz. But the artist, who usually creates works of sound sculpture from Celtic or Western pieces of music, is part of a new trend.

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The Worst Thing I Ever Ate

Nick Baines | Posted 06.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Durian, Food, Travel, Foodie Travel, China, Vietnam, Beijing, UK News
Nick Baines

Had I known the duck's feet were raw before I put them in my mouth, perhaps I would have been better prepared. These de-boned and de-cartilaged ducks ...

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You Will Win an Oscar

Lee Maxwell Simpson | Posted 18.02.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Mcvocab, Auditions, Laowai, Beijing-China, The Oscars, Beijing, UK-Oscars, Lee Maxwell Simpson, UK Entertainment News
Lee Maxwell Simpson

Another odd encounter here in Beijing this week. As I've mentioned before I have great faith in Beijing and the potential here.

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Save Your Face; Foreigners With No Homeland

Lee Maxwell Simpson | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Voiceover, Laowai, Beijing-China, Beijing, Lee Maxwell Simpson, UK News
Lee Maxwell Simpson

Everyone keeps banging on about how "the eyes of the world are on Beijing" ensuring me that by living here I am "part of history making" with the re-emergence of the Middle Kingdom, as the Chinese know it.

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London 2012: Life's Hardly a Beach for Boyle and Co

Sri Sritharan | Posted 30.03.2012 | Home
Read More: The Beach, London 2012, Stratford, Opening Ceremony, Beijing, Locog, Danny Boyle, Leonardo Dicaprio, Government, Olympics, Barcelona 92, Atlanta 96, UK Sport, Home News
Sri Sritharan

No one, least of all Boyle, should underestimate the importance of the opening ceremony. It will trigger the connection of a global audience with the London games. The dancing, and the visuals and sounds are what people will take to bed with them that first night.

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China Snaps Up A Slice Of Thames Water

PA | Posted 20.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Thames Water, UK Business, Beijing, UK News, Kemble Water, News, Investment, China, UK News

China's state-run investment fund dipped its toe into the UK today by snapping up a slice of the Thames Water, country's biggest water and sewerage fi...

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'Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project' by Iain Sinclair (REVIEW)

Declan Tan | Posted 14.02.2012 | Home
Read More: London, Iain Sinclair, Chris Petit, Stratford, Book Review, Barney Platts-Mills, Hackney, Beijing, Michael Moorcock, Westfield, Olympic Games, 2012 Olympics, Ghost Milk, Athens, UK Books, UK Culture, Home News
Declan Tan

There haven't been many coherent voices speaking out against the impending money-splash of the London Olympics next year. Most have been swept away by the shiny promised land of the new Westfield, or the dubious pledges buried in tonnes of polished glass and metal, said to be invested in our potentially athletic children's futures.

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Hot Or Not: Gwyneth Paltrow's Dotty Asymmetric Dress

MyDaily | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Stella Mcartney, Beijing, Fashion, Gwyneth Paltrow, Coach, UK Style News

Gwyneth Paltrow touched down in China yesterday to continue celebrating Coach's 70th birthday, and decided to show support for designer pal Stella McC...

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China And Russia In Cyber Attack, Claims Government Adviser

PA | Posted 31.12.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Russia, Beijing, Attack, Baroness Neville-Jones, Bbc-Radio-4, Cyber Warfare, Moscow, China, The World at One, UK Politics News

A Government adviser has accused China and Russia of carrying out cyber warfare attacks aimed at stealing national security secrets from other countri...

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