Toward the end of the 13th century, while a guest in the court of Kublai Khan, Marco Polo was stunned by the beautiful grassland enclosed in the imperial palace, which teemed with fruit trees and ...

In groundbreaking clinical trials in Shanghai, brain implants have allowed two epilepsy patients to control language and movement using only their thoughts. The breakthrough marks a major step toward ...

Eighteen months after leaked recordings revealed widespread match-fixing in the board game xiangqi, also known as Chinese chess, China has imposed lifetime bans on three grandmasters. Announced last ...

Last December, a long line of people braved subzero temperatures to line up outside a small bar tucked away in a Shanghai alley. But they weren’t there for mulled wine or eggnog. Instead, they’d been ...

Black Myth: Wukong may have fallen short of the top prize at last year’s The Game Awards in Los Angeles, but China’s often-overlooked gaming industry still ended the night with plenty to celebrate. In ...

Is a Russian sausage still Russian, even if it’s made in China? That’s the question dogging the thousands of self-proclaimed “Russian” convenience stores that have popped up across China in recent ...

Editor’s Note: Nearly seven in 10 new energy vehicles sold globally are tied to China, driving shifts in industries and trade at home and abroad. This is the second article in a five-part series ...

Editor’s Note: Nearly seven in 10 new energy vehicles sold globally are tied to China, driving shifts in industries and trade at home and abroad. This is the first article in a five-part series ...

Days after a Chinese actor was rescued from a human trafficking ring operating through Thailand, safety concerns among Chinese tourists are causing mass trip cancellations, with some travel agencies ...

As scrutiny of algorithmic practices intensifies in China, short video app Kuaishou announced plans to use AI-driven tools to combat rumors, improve platform governance, and amplify “positive” content ...

Gold, intricate seals, and rare treasures buried for over two millennia have emerged from a tomb in China’s Shaanxi province, believed to belong to Tian Qianqiu — a revered prime minister of the Han ...

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) has given rise to a thorny legal dilemma: Who should own the rights to the news? There are basically two separate but related ...