Strolling around Sanlitun, a glamorous shopping mecca and 24-hour catwalk in central Beijing, it’s easy to forget that the city is the home of what is essentially a one-party dictatorship ...

Ng Han Guan/Associated Press The city authorities in Beijing advised residents to avoid nonessential travel, and postponed soccer matches that had been scheduled for the weekend. City ...

designed by UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects as "Beijing's largest" convention centre. Designed to facilitate the growing number of international conferences in the city, the building contains nine ...

Xi explained the need for the new city: ‘Beijing’s population will reach capacity within one or two years. The capital is first and foremost a political centre, and shouldn’t be a hotchpotch. We can’t ...

Dubbed the "Beijing Military City," satellite images captured the rapid build-up of the secretive facility located about 20 miles southwest of the capital. While there is no visible military presence ...

To celebrate this floral splendor, the district government has established a Garden City Demonstration Zone and launched the Chaoyang Garden Festival. Chaoyang, Beijing: Where Urban Vibrancy Meets ...

reading areas and conference rooms position the building as a centre for learning, culture and community. As a contemporary yet indelible place for learning and socialising, the Beijing City ...

The China Earthquake Networks Centre measured the quake ... influence seismic activity in the city,” the agency said in a statement. It was gathered that Beijing, a metropolis of 22 million ...

It is inspired by the Ming Dynasty caisson ceiling in the Wanchun Pavilion of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.