ARTIST TURNS DREAM INTO ROARING BUSINESS

Zhang Lei, who was fascinated by three-dimensional figure making as a child, became famous for creating wax figures when he was studying at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts... READ MORE›

GUANGZHOU-SHENHZEN TECH SCHEME TO CREATE CHINESE SILICON VALLEY

The regional GDP value of these cities reached 4.6 trillion yuan US 700 billion in 2016, accounting for 67.6 percent of the total output value of the Pearl River Delta... READ MORE›

AFRICAN RUNNERS EARN A LIVING IN CHINESE MARATHONS

Ethiopian runner Amoni stays at a hotel when he participates in marathons in China... READ MORE›

STRANDED TOURISTS DEPART BALI AS VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD SHIFTS

In January-September, Bali received 4.5 million foreign tourist arrivals, nearly half of the 10.5 million arrivals in Indonesia... READ MORE›

WORLD'S FIRST 2,000-TON ALL-ELECTRIC SHIP ENTERS WATER IN SOUTH CHINA

The ship can cruise for 80 kilometers on a 2-hour charge, according to Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd., developer of the ship... READ MORE›

BANKS, REAL ESTATE FIRMS JOIN HANDS TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY HOUSING

The notice selected 12 cities, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Wuhan, Chengdu, Shenyang, Hefei, Zhengzhou, Foshan and Zhaoqing to carry out the initial pilot projects... READ MORE›

NATIONAL COORDINATION OF CHINA'S PENSION FUND TO START NEXT YEAR

The move is meant to solve China's long-term problem of uneven pension distribution... READ MORE›

WITH MORE LONG-HAUL FLIGHTS, SHENZHEN AIRPORT STEPS UP PRESSURE ON HONG KONG

Some analysts predict Shenzhen's gross domestic product will overtake Hong Kong's next year... READ MORE›

AUTO SUPPLIERS JUMP ON REPORT TESLA TO FULLY OWN CHINA PLANT

In a statement, Palo Alto, California-based Tesla reiterated that it's working with Shanghai's government to explore local manufacturing... READ MORE›

HONG KONG'S CHINA STOCK LINK SEES 70% SURGE IN NEW ACCOUNTS

Hong Kong's equity trading link with mainland China has seen a surge in new accounts this year... READ MORE›

FILIPINO MAID FORCED TO WORK 20 HOURS A DAY IN SHENZHEN

Initially, Mary had to go to work in a Shenzhen house between Friday and Sunday at least three times a month... READ MORE›

2. WHAT HAPPENED IN CHINA OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS?

As well as in mainland China, infections have been detected in Hong Kong, Macau and among travelers who had been in the mainland... READ MORE›

HONG KONG TOUR COACH IN FATAL CRASH IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE

Two Hong Kong people were killed and nine injured in a coach crash in Nansha district in China's Guangdong province on Monday night... READ MORE›

HK IPO FUNDS RAISED ARE DOWN BUT LISTINGS UP AS NEW YORK LEADS

Shanghai Stock Exchange in second place in terms of funds raised, Deloitte report shows, as mainland IPOs normalize following regulatory changes... READ MORE›

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HOW ANTIBIOTIC-TAINTED SEAFOOD FROM CHINA ENDS UP ON YOUR TABLE

Almost two-thirds of the shrimp that went through the packing facility ended up with American Fisheries, she says... READ MORE›

HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD'S MOST TRAFFICKED MAMMAL

Andersson, for instance, remembers enquiring about the possibility of eating pangolin meat at a restaurant in Guangzhou... READ MORE›

IN CHINA AMASSIVE NEWSUPERCITY RISESAROUND BEIJING

YANJIAO China Every morning at 5 30 Liu Desheng joins a dozen retirees waiting for the express bus to central Beijing from this small city in Hebei Province... READ MORE›

TENCENT DOMINATES IN CHINA. NEXT CHALLENGE IS REST OF THE WORLD

Martin Lau, Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s president, and Pony Ma Huateng, its co-founder and chief executive officer, insisted on forging ahead... READ MORE›

WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST STRESSFUL CITY?

The Shanghai urban area is home to more than 23 million people 119,000 per sq mile in the inner city, way above that of Paris or Manhattan... READ MORE›

THE FATHER SEARCHING FOR HIS ABDUCTED SON

And then Xiao began an extraordinary journey across China... READ MORE›

TYPHOON HATO KILLS 12 IN MACAU AND SOUTHERN CHINA

Hato came within about 37 miles 60km of Hong Kong on Wednesday morning before the storm headed westward into mainland China... READ MORE›

CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HONG KONG

Wildlife groups say Hong Kong's legal ivory trade provides cover for a vast illegal trade that is fueling a poaching crisis decimating elephant herds in Africa... READ MORE›

CHINA TRANSFERS FUGITIVE TO US POLICE

Two Chinese fugitives-one suspected of rape and the other of fraud-were repatriated from the US to stand trial in China... READ MORE›

BIKE-SHARING REVOLUTION AIMS TO PUT CHINA BACK ON TWO WHEELS

For short journeys, bikes are the best form of transport, Li enthused at Ofo's headquarters in the Internet Finance Centre, a 26-floor building in western Beijing... READ MORE›

CATHAY NEEDS TO WIN OVER CUSTOMERS AT THE BACK OF THE PLANE

And China Southern Airlines Co., is Cathay's partnership with flag carrier Air China Ltd., said John Hu, an analyst at Morningstar Investment Services LLC in Shenzhen... READ MORE›

CHINA ARRESTS US CITIZEN ACCUSED OF STEALING SECRETS

Ms. Phan-Gillis, 55, is a United States citizen, born in Vietnam and of ethnic Chinese heritage, her husband said... READ MORE›

WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST WALKABLE CITY?

North American, Australian and Canadian cities, which were built for cars, have the challenge of retrofitting walking infrastructure... READ MORE›

CHINA'S FACTORY TO THE WORLD MULLS THE UNTHINKABLE

In Guangdong, has felt that lackluster demand from her major markets in Japan, Europe and the U.S. acutely... READ MORE›

DRAMATIC HOSPITAL REUNION OF FRAIL SECOND WORLD WAR VETERANS MOVES CHINA

Mr Zhuang, who was admitted to a hospital in Shenzhen on April 15, told doctors of his military past last Thursday, setting in motion the dramatic reunion... READ MORE›

TWELVE KILLED AS STORM SWEEPS SOUTH CHINA

The powerful storm caused widespread flooding and destruction in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA TRAIN CRASH COMMUTER TRAIN COLLIDES WITH TRUCK IN OXNARD

Spires, an associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who studies China's nongovernment organizations... READ MORE›

A CHINESE GRADUATE STUDENT WHO CAN'T GET ENOUGH U.S. POLITICS 'DECODES' TRUMP

GUANGZHOU, China -- From his perch in the Pearl River Delta in southern China, Yin Hao tries to make sense of America... READ MORE›

CHINA ON STRIKE

From 2011 to 2013, China Labor Bulletin CLB, a Hong Kong-based workers' rights group, recorded around 1,200 strikes and protests across the country... READ MORE›

TIANJIN BLASTS EXPOSE THE DANGEROUS PROXIMITY OF TOXIC CHEMICALS IN CHINA

Tianjin Blasts Expose the Dangerous Proximity of Toxic Chemicals in China... READ MORE›

Hailed as a 'miracle' given the animal's famously low reproductive rate, the adorable cubs are thriving following their births at the end of July 2014... READ MORE›

IN CHINA, AN ANCIENT PEOPLE WATCH THEIR FLOATING LIFE DISSOLVE

Besides fishing, they made a living rowing goods and people along the waterways around Guangzhou... READ MORE›

'ELEPHANTS ARE NOT THE ONLY VICTIMS'

It is true that elephants are endangered, but the art of ivory carving is in greater danger... READ MORE›

BOOK SAYS ZHOU ENLAI CHINESE PREMIER MAY HAVE BEEN GAY

Sidney Rittenberg, 94, an American who joined the Chinese Communist Party, first met Zhou in 1946 at the party's base in Yan'an, in northwestern China... READ MORE›

CHINAS PEARL RIVER DELTA OVERTAKES TOKYO AS WORLDS LARGEST MEGACITY

East Asia's rapid growth often leads to the merging of multiple cities into single urban areas, with spillovers from original boundaries into neighbouring administrations... READ MORE›

FOXCONN JOINT VENTURE TO BUILD $8.8 BILLION LCD PLANT IN CHINA

It said the plant will have capacity equating to 92 billion yuan a year... READ MORE›

WORLD'S LONGEST SEA BRIDGE TO HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS

The main structure of the 55 kilometre long sea bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao was completed on Friday... READ MORE›

PURSUING CRITICS, CHINA REACHES ACROSS BORDERS. AND NOBODY IS STOPPING IT.

On Oct. 17, Gui Minhai, a Hong Kong-based publisher and naturalized Swedish citizen, vanished from his 17th-floor vacation condominium in Thailand... READ MORE›

KIDS IN GUANGDONG 'ORDERED' TO PLAY AT LEAST 2 HOURS EVERY DAY

Guangdong government officially banned the kindergartens from teaching kids primary school courses and ensured kids are engaged in outdoor activities for more than 2 hours per day... READ MORE›

BRITISH 'BANKER' ARRESTED OVER HONG KONG 'PROSTITUTE' MURDER

The women were discovered in the 31st floor flat in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong a skyscrapper-filled central area popular with young, expat professionals... READ MORE›