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An escaped horse, fully equipped with saddle and bridle, was seen racing down the northern section of Beijing's 5th ring road on May 10.
by James Griffiths, 12 May 2014
76.5 percent of Beijingers support building an 'auxiliary capital' to address the city's traffic, pollution, and resource allocation problems.
by James Griffiths, 09 May 2014
A new World Health Organisation report which measures pollution in cities around the world has found New Delhi admits to having the dirtiest air.
by James Griffiths, 08 May 2014
Name any major Chinese tourist attraction – the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, Hangzhou's West Lake, Shanghai's Bund – and chances were it was barely visible for a sea of people...
by James Griffiths, 05 May 2014
A story which has gone viral in the English-language media about Chinese teens walking cabbages to cope with depression is, shockingly, not true.
by James Griffiths, 05 May 2014
Inspired by the Hong Kong MTR translated map which went viral earlier this month, our friends at China Real Time have given the Beijing subway system the same treatment.
by James Griffiths, 24 April 2014
In a speech at the Beijing International Film Festival, renowned director Oliver Stone slammed the Chinese film industry for its failure to tackle sensitive topics such as the Cultural...
by James Griffiths, 17 April 2014
Chen Yizi, a former aide to ousted Communist Party chief and reformer Zhao Ziyang, died at his home in Los Angeles on Monday.
by James Griffiths, 16 April 2014
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