The Chinese economy lost some momentum in July, backing the case for policymakers to snap out of wait-and-see mode and stimulate growth.

Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technologies , a semiconductor equipment firm backed by Beijing's government, on Wednesday said it has sued U.S. chip equipment supplier Applied Materials over alleged trade secrets infringement.

An artificial intelligence project developed by a primary school in Chaoyang district, Beijing was highlighted at an international education conference at the University of Helsinki in Finland on Friday.

2008 — At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Michael Phelps and three teammates win the 400-meter medley relay for Phelps’ eighth gold medal, eclipsing Mark Spitz’s seven-gold performance at the 1972 Munich Games. Of his five individual races and three relays, Phelps sets world records in seven and an Olympic record in the eighth.

The recent flooding that killed 31 in a single nursing home exposed flaws in emergency planning as China braces for more extreme and unpredictable weather.

Chinese property stocks rose after Beijing scrapped longstanding restrictions on the number of homes city residents can buy in suburban areas.

China’s government declared this week that it has “indisputable” authority over the selection of the next Dalai Lama, directly challenging the current spiritual leader’s authority and setting up a major succession dispute.

Patrick McGee’s *Beijing’s Bite* examines Apple’s deep dependence on China — from supply chains to rare earths — and how this relationship defines US-China trade tensions in the Trump era.