The world's population is growing, which means cities are expanding. Even though China no longer boasts the highest number of people living in one country, having been overtaken by India in 2023 ...

SINGAPORE — Nearly half of China’s major cities are suffering “moderate to severe” levels of subsidence, putting millions of ...

When it comes to China, the commonly used term “second-tier cities” is a misnomer, says Robert Lawrence Kuhn, an investment banker and author of How China’s Leaders Think. The so-called ...

Most people live in the eastern half of China. Greater numbers of people are found along the coast and around main cities, such as Beijing. Few people live in the far north or west of the country.

A new survey by Chinese media shows that housing rents in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen have fallen to 2015–2017 levels, while rents in Guangzhou, Chengdu and Tianjin have dropped to the early ...

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and several other major cities have yet to do so. The early releases paint a picture of a growing demographic imbalance, as workers move from China’s less-prosperous ...

A greater number of China's big cities saw new home prices drop last month, underscoring continued sluggishness in the country's real-estate market.