It's been said that even China's population of 1.4 billion couldn't fill all the empty homes. Many are high-rise apartments in gleaming new financial districts that initially failed to take off.

Often referred to as the “Atlantis of the Sands,” Ubar was a city swallowed by the unforgiving sands of the Arabian desert.

Two seemingly contradictory realities co-exist in China: on one hand, Chinese cities are overpopulated, while on the other hand, there are also empty cities and tall skyscrapers almost entirely ...

Overbuilding, and a streak of bad luck, have left China’s real-estate developers in the red. Photo: Adam Adada How closely is demand for $3,000 handbags tied to home prices in China? Quite closely, it ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - After making sure everyone's face mask is on and sanitizer is to hand, the Qiao family heads out to Jingshan Park, a former royal sanctuary beside the Forbidden City in China's ...

OMA's Rem Koolhaas recently sat down with the WorldPost to discuss urbanization trends in China. He addressed China's plans to create "mega-urban" clusters in rural areas. This measure, he said, is ...

Many places where people live are replicas of other major cities in the world. — -- In the suburbs of the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, people don't need to get on a plane to see the Eiffel ...

Bodie is the quintessential ghost town, frozen in time high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once a booming gold mining town ...

Walking through empty streets where laughter once filled the air feels deeply unsettling. These abandoned places tell stories ...

It has been well documented that China interferes in American elections, with particular evidence of tampering in the 2024 presidential election. But China's election influence may be even greater ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China promised to build liveable, sustainable and resilient cities in the next phase of its urban development after the first top-level urban planning meeting in a decade, ...

China used to be a country of pragmatism. “Crossing the river by feeling the stones” wasn’t just a metaphor; it was a way of governing. Policy didn’t have to be perfect. It just had to work. That ...