China’s urban population surpassed 943m in 2024, say official statistics, an increase of 100m in just seven years. The ...

Nearly half of China’s cities are sinking beneath rising water pressures, threatening infrastructure, housing, and long-term ...

An extensive report by Human Rights Watch says China is accelerating the forced urbanization of Tibetan villagers and herders, adding to state government and independent reports of efforts to ...

A comprehensive 40-year study (1981–2020) of 587 major Chinese lakes reveals that urbanization is a key driver of accelerated ...

The State Council of China has unveiled a five-year plan to reform the deeply entrenched hukou system, marking a significant shift in how the nation addresses economic and social disparities between ...

Created in 2017, Shenzhen Talent Park contains floodable greenways around a coastal lake, which acts a sink for canals diverting runoff from the ultra-dense Houhai neighborhood just inland. Credit: ...

China's urbanization rate had reached 51.3 percent by the end of 2011, according to a report released Tuesday by the China Association of Mayors (CAM). The China Urban Development Report 2011 shows by ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's plan to spend $6.5 trillion on urbanization to bolster the economy is running into snags, sources close to the government said, as top leaders fear another spending binge ...

BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters) - China's urban employment fell for the first time in six decades last year and per capita spending also marked a rare decline, as harsh COVID-19 curbs ravaged the world's ...

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