This March 21 story was updated on March 22 to add comment from demographer in paragraphs 4-6, details in paragraph 11 BEIJING, March 21 (Reuters) - The death rate in China's capital Beijing surpassed ...

BEIJING - Judging from the frenzy at some of the city's big supermarkets Wednesday, Beijing is in the throes of a major SARS scare. Disinfectant disappeared, and noodles, rice and bread were nearly ...

BEIJING, April 20 -- In the most significant political shake-up in more than a decade, the mayor of Beijing and the minister of health were removed from their Communist Party posts today for failing ...

The death rate in China's capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022, official data showed on Tuesday, pushing its natural population growth into negative territory for the first time since 2003 ...