News Ready for take-off: MAD’s bird-like Lishui airport China’s MAD Architects has designed the Lishui Airport in Zhejiang Province, with a roof overhang giving it the appearance of a big silver bird ready to take off over the…
News Chinese firm to build $2.4bn green hydrogen plant in Vietnam Chinese energy company Huadian has proposed the construction of a $2.4bn green hydrogen plant in central Vietnam, local media report. The state-owned company is looking to carry out the project…
News Evergrande’s plans for world’s biggest football stadium to be scaled back A subsidiary of China State Construction (CSCEC) has taken over a football stadium project in Guangzhou from struggling developer Evergrande, news site Yicai reports. China Construction Fourth Engineering Division will…
News 10 Design reveals plans for new South Bay waterfront in Shenzhen Architect 10 Design has revealed its regeneration plan for a waterfront site to the east of Shenzhen. The Yantian Old Market Town is an industrial suburb experiencing rapid growth. The…
News Foster + Partners designs science and technology centre between Shanghai and Suzhou UK architect Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for the Xicen Science & Technology Centre, a mixed-use development on wetlands west of Shanghai and south of Suzhou. The project…
News Bosch gets green light to finish its $1bn Chinese research and production centre German automotive supplier Bosch has received permission to start building the second phase of a $1bn research, development and production centre on the western outskirts of Shanghai. Bosch said in…
News Russia claims it’s planning to put a reactor on the Moon with China Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has again floated the idea of putting a nuclear reactor on the Moon. Its director general Yuri Borisov said it could be attempted between 2033 and…
News China Communications to invest extra $300m in Colombo Port City China Communications has promised to invest $300m in the second phase of its Port City Colombo project. Company chair Wang Tongzhou made the pledge to Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickramasinghe…
News US firm’s first gravity-power plant set to go live in China US company Energy Vault’s first commercial-scale gravity energy storage plant is preparing to go live in Jiangsu province, China. The 100MWh project in Rudong district uses the New York-listed company’s…
News Shanghai to raise Yangtze rail spending to almost $20bn in 2024 Authorities in China’s Yangtze River Delta region are planning to invest $19.4bn in rail projects this year, an increase of 12% on 2023. Among the 32 schemes that will get…
News Snøhetta’s Beijing City Library is a feast for the mind and the eyes The Beijing City Library, designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta in association with local company ECADI, has opened to the public. The 75,000 sq m project’s design is inspired by the…
News China and Saudi Arabia develop $6.3bn petrochemical plant in Zhangzhou Work began this week on a $6.3bn petrochemical plant in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China. When complete in 2026, the factory is expected to produce 1.8 million tonnes of ethylene a…
News EU probes Chinese train maker over state subsidies The European Commission will investigate a Chinese train maker to see if its bid to supply 20 trains to Bulgaria will be unfair owing to subsidies it may have got…
News Chinese firms to spend $7bn on Congolese roads in mining deal A Chinese consortium has agreed to invest $7bn in road improvements to settle a legal dispute with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Highways website reports. The dispute…
News Architects turn Shanghai cement factory into new culture district Dutch-headquartered architect MVRDV has unveiled plans for a 34,000-sq-m leisure and culture district on Shanghai’s waterfront, which it designed with Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus. The “Gate M…
News Chinese group claims new hyperloop speed record A Chinese aerospace group developing hyperloop-style ultra-fast rail travel says it has set a new speed record at its 2km-long test tunnel in Datong, Shanxi province. The Third Academy of…
News China halts local projects as municipal debt hits $13 trillion Beijing has told a dozen local governments to halt or delay infrastructure projects to limit debt increases, Reuters reports. Local governments in China have some autonomy in how they implement…
News Russia’s new pipeline to China delayed by ‘calculations’ Russia’s planned Power of Siberia 2 pipeline intended to ship Russian gas to China is facing delays, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The 3,550km line under discussion and development for…