its cities are still some of the largest on Earth. In fact, some are so big that they have started to merge into one massive mega-settlement. Part of China’s Guangdong province in the Pearl ...

Big cities in China are sinking under their weight, suffering from moderate to severe subsidence. This could affect roughly one-third of the nation's urban population, according to a systematic ...

China has built around 500 new cities. The country’s sprawling new urban areas have been instrumental to its economic surge, ...

In 2024, Beijing and Tianjin reported big shortfalls ... governments. China’s major economic powerhouses, including Shandong, Henan and Shanghai, the wealthiest city in the country, have also ...