A town in northeast China has shrunk by a third since 2010. Here's one family's story

An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

Most populated cities in the world 2024 including Tokyo Delhi Mumbai and more

In 2024, the world's most populated cities illustrate the forces driving urbanisation globally. Cities like Tokyo, Delhi, and ...

China’s old industrial cities race to reinvent themselves in rapidly changing economy

Few areas of China reflect the country’s decades-long economic transformation more vividly than its cities. Rapid development ...

When mines run dry: why some Chinese cities are racing to reinvent themselves

Once China's answer to Pittsburgh, steel hub Panzhihua faces same challenge as other old industrial cities: how to avoid ...
The Economist

Watch out Beijing, China’s second-tier cities are on the up

NEARLY 12m STUDENTS will graduate from Chinese universities this month. Where they go after that is increasingly difficult to predict. For decades graduates were drawn to the same four cities: Beijing ...