Beijing News You Might Have Missed This Week, Feb 19

Beijing is a happening city! Don't miss a thing with our weekend roundup of the latest news.

Badaling Great Wall to close at beginning of March: From Mar 1-2, the Badaling section of the Great Wall be off-limits to the general public. As of press time, no explanation has been given for the brief closure, but we’re willing to bet it might be Olympics-related. The Shuiguan section of the Great Wall will remain open.

Beijing Automobile Museum reopened: Thanks to Covid controls being lifted in Fengtai District, the Beijing Automobile Museum – not to be confused with the Vintage Car Museum in the city's northeast – has been reopened as of Feb 15. Daily capacity will be capped at 50 percent, for the time being, meaning no more than 5,000 people daily, in accordance with continuing epidemic control measures.

Beijing Carrefour branch fined for selling expired foods: The Jianxiangqiao branch of French supermarket chain Carrefour was fined RMB 86,000 by Chaoyang’s Market Supervision and Administration Bureau for selling expired prepackaged food products in violation of China’s food safety laws. The store’s illegal gains of RMB 78 were also confiscated, as it had been made from a transaction of said expired products.

Capital schools set to open next week: Primary and secondary schools in Beijing are set to open next Monday, Feb 21, with traffic to schools expected to peak around 6.30am. Traffic around Guangqumen, Zhongguancun and Niujie is expected to be high, as well as in areas around Beijing 101 Middle School, Tsinghua University Affiliated Middle School, Beijing No. 4 Middle School, and Beijing No. 8 Middle School.

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