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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A judge in Hong Kong today ordered one of China’s biggest property developers, Evergrande, to liquidate in light of its more-than $300bn debt burden and failure to come up with…

Chicago architect Goettsch Partners (GP) has won a competition to design a 111,500-sq-m urban renewal project in Jinan, capital of the province of Shandong in northeast China. The mixed-use scheme…

Hanoi’s municipal transport department has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the China Pacific Construction Group (CPCG) and the Vietnam Construction Import–Export Corporation on Thursday. According to Vietnamese website The Investor, the…

The company that manages China’s electricity grid says it will invest more than $70bn in its network this year to improve long-distance transmission and accommodate more intermittent renewable generators. State…

Dutch architect MVRDV has won a competition to design two buildings for Tianfu Software Park in Chengdu, central China. One is a 150m-tall office tower that will be the centrepiece…

China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) yesterday handed over the first three buildings of the $3bn central business district of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, local news sites reported.  Prime Minister…

Beijing-based electronics group BOE Technology, the largest supplier of screens for the iPhone 15, will invest $9bn in a factory complex in central China. According to the South China Morning…

Hong Kong-based architect 10 Design has published images of its design for the Huafa Snow World, a 131ha leisure and shopping destination set to open in Shenzhen, China in 2025.…

Beijing-based architect MAD has unveiled its design for the Nanhai Arts Centre in the City of Foshan in the greater Guangdong area of southeast China. The 120,000-sq-m complex will include…

The Chinese government is to spend $11.3bn on infrastructure in Tibet’s western Xizang Autonomous Region this year, Xinhua reports. The investment, equal to more than a third of the region’s…

Kazakhstan has broken ground on its third rail link with China. The 272km line will connect the eastern city of Ayagoz to the town of Bakhty on the border with…