Just a heads up here I guess, Beijing does the work, but PPR and DM does not come from Beijing. Depending on your location, it will come from the primary VO. In our case, since we are/were in the Netherlands, the Primary VO stated online is London. DM and PPR came from the LVO and not Beijing, despite being the VO that did the heavy lifting.
They really are simply just assisting the other visa office with their work load. If your primary VO should be NDVO, chances are that's where DM and PPR will be coming from and if NDVO is not working or working with limited capacity, this might be why news are slow to come out right now.