Young Japanese women standing idly around a park in Tokyo’s west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists. Their faces lit by the cold ...

Hospitals in their city refuse to treat her, so parents quickly transport her to a hospital in Beijing, about 200km away.

Tropical Hainan province has defied sceptics and rewarded investors with China-grown durian, but it ‘simply cannot compete’ with booming imports from Southeast Asia.

While Thailand dominates durian sales in China, sales of the Malaysian fruit have grown tenfold from last year, industry ...