As China’s cities become taller, bigger and more modern, they face a major problem: the ground beneath them is sinking. A 2024 study 1 found that nearly half of the land under the country’s major ...

It's been said that even China's population of 1.4 billion couldn't fill all the empty homes. Many are high-rise apartments in gleaming new financial districts that initially failed to take off.

The smog in Beijing was once so thick that a local brewery began selling a bitter beer called the “Airpocalypse”, which was cheaper on polluted days. These days fewer people are chugging a discounted ...

Few areas of China reflect the country’s decades-long economic transformation more vividly than its cities. Rapid development has made villages into dense urban landscapes and already sizeable metro ...

LONDON -- For the first time, Chinese cities account for more than half of the world's top ten scientific research hubs, according to the latest Nature Index supplement, with Beijing retaining its ...

In modern human society, cities are like living mosaics. Here, streets and subways are the arteries, while governance is the heartbeat that keeps them vibrant. Since China began its reform and opening ...

A new study by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force has warned Chinese cities to prepare for potential nuclear attacks, singling out Japan as a “major danger signal” to the ...

CHENGDU, Sichuan: It is a chilly afternoon in Chengdu, and one of its most popular parks is anything but still. At the Heming Tea House, located in the heart of the city’s sprawling People’s Park, ...