China

China has long been a testing ground for the world’s architects to try out new ideas. From the “bottle opener” in Shanghai to the “big trousers” in Beijing, the country is no stranger to unorthodox building design. The latest structures to draw attention are two new buildings in the country’s Yangtze River Delta.

A massive fireball blazed in the sky of Shenyang city in northeast China on August 3, 2020, after lightning reportedly struck a building that was under construction. 

A group of forensic science students from China’s Shanxi province wore personal protective gear to take their graduation photos in an outdoor ‘crime scene’ they created. They said they didn’t want the typical photos, but unique ones that can be remembered.

These men in China gave up their careers in first-tier cities to return to their hometowns. They started businesses, hoping to achieve work-life balance.

Since January 1, 2016, when the nation eased its one-child policy to allow families to have two children, more parents are handing down a maternal family name.  Breaking with deeply-rooted tradition, some parents are now giving their firstborn child the father’s surname and the second child the mother’s name.

A single father from China took his four-year-old daughter on a 71-day bicycle road trip, starting in Guangdong province and ending in Lhasa. He said he did it to celebrate the girl’s birthday, and to show her the world that exists outside of just books.

A look inside the park in China’s Fujian province that offers visitors an opportunity to “fly” in an ancient kung fu setting. A visitor says he could spend all day there, while staff say they help to turn people’s dreams into reality.

A rare sighting of a Steller sea lion was reported at Dandong port on the coast of China’s northeastern province of Liaoning on July 13, 2020. The animals are usually more active in the northern Pacific Ocean, but several have recently been seen in China. Listed as “near threatened” by conservation groups, the creatures are the largest species in the sea lion family.  

China’s President Xi Jinping has promised leading international business executives that China will stick to its “peaceful development” path and continue to reform and open up its domestic market. In a bid to win the hearts and minds of the global business community amid rising tensions with the United States, Xi’s letter to the Global CEO Council stated that the long-term economic fundamentals of the Chinese economy remain sound and “will not change” despite the impact of the coronavirus. A summary of the letter was published by the official Xinhua News Agency on Thursday, shortly after China announced its economy grew by 3.2% in the second quarter of 2020. This followed the historic 6.8% d

Huawei Technologies will be banned from the UK's 5G network, the British government announced on Tuesday in a major policy reversal. The decision follows escalating tension with Beijing and pressure from Washington and could add to the pressure on other European countries to review their approach to the Chinese telecoms giant. By tearing up his earlier decision to allow Huawei partial access to Britain’s 5G networks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ignored threats from Chinese officials that there will be “consequences” if the UK treats China as a “hostile partner.” The decision marks the end of a long debate in Britain's government about the Chinese firm, with critics, including members o