Beijing has set up 26 Olympic cultural squares across the city's 18 districts and counties. They opened to the public Sunday and will remain open until the Paralympic Games close on September 17th.

The cultural squares have a plasma screen television to show live broadcasts of the Games.……

More than 2,000 astronomy fans who have traveled to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for the best view of Friday's solar eclipse will have to deal with the summer's most intense heat, according to the local weather forecast.

A heat wave was forecas……

Large cultural and sports activities will be held in Tiananmen Square on the morning of August 8. Tourists, however, will only have limited access, it was announced on Wednesday.

"The square will be open to the public as soon as possible after the morning activities……

China has beefed up its security measures at Tiananmen Square as the number of tourists increase and will only allow limited access to the area for cultural and sports shows and fireworks on Aug. 8, it was announced on Wednesday.

"The square will be open to the publ……