Beijing

Chengdu is a good example of the problem with China’s mega-cities – a growth for growth’s sake mindset.

China’s drive to make 20 percent of housing affordable by 2015 is welcome. But it’s not without its critics.

China’s drive to make 20 percent of housing affordable by 2015 is welcome. But it’s not without its critics.

Beijing’s air pollution has hit crisis levels, says one official. Will the govt change the way it measures air quality?

Smog recently forced the cancellation of hundreds of Beijing flights. Locals’ patience over pollution is wearing thin.

Having a chance to vote was great. But it would be even better if I knew something about who I was voting for.

Beijing has opened its air pollution monitoring center to individual members of the public for the first time.

Voting in China has often seemed pointless. But more independent candidates suggests a change.

News two of Beijing’s most vocal newspapers have been taken over by govt officials intensifies crackdown fears.

Fear, lack of information and a government crackdown killed the chances of a Jasmine Revolution here.

Red songs are a common sound in Beijing’s Jingshan Park. Is this a new centre for freedom of expression here?

Hoarding of salt and the buying up of burial plots suggest a worrying tendency for Chinese to panic.