Many places where people live are replicas of other major cities in the world. — -- In the suburbs of the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, people don't need to get on a plane to see the Eiffel ...

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 ...

Once derided for its slower pace, Chengdu has a surging population and booming real estate market as workers look beyond China’s major coastal cities. By Claire Fu Claire Fu, who is originally from ...

As China-Japan diplomatic row ripples into entertainment, over 30 Japanese performances have been abruptly cancelled, leaving ...

Already, summer in the city often means staying indoors. Without major interventions, outdoor labor, tourism, and even basic daily life could face dangerous constraints by mid-century. Beijing, China ...

Researchers describe this potential disaster as the “polder effect.” Unlike regular floods, where water eventually drains ...

New research  finds that a combination of extreme climate events, sea-level rise and land subsidence could create larger and deeper floods in coastal cities in future.  The study focused on Shanghai ...

CHINA's real estate sector, a key engine of the world's second-largest economy for decades, will be transformed significantly ...