China gave the go-ahead to build what would be the world’s biggest hydropower dam in Tibet on 25 December, sparking concerns in India. First proposed in 2020, the dam on…

China Communications yesterday signed a deal to share the operation and maintenance of the forthcoming, 665km-long East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) in Malaysia. The company, which is currently building the…

Three extensions have opened on Beijing’s metro, bringing the total length of the system to 879km. The completed projects are: the last section of the Changping Line’s southern extension, a…

Ground has broken on the Foster + Partners-designed mixed-use project at the Sanlin Riverside scheme in Shanghai. The development includes offices in the north of the site and shops in…

China is making progress in phasing out coal-fired power stations in favour of renewable energy, according to the Global Energy Association (GEA). Its research shows that the rate of building…

The prime minister of Vietnam has called on Chinese companies to build infrastructure in the country’s two main cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Pham Minh Chinh met…

China today started work on a magnetic levitation (maglev) line as part of its plans to construct an ultra-fast rail network, Global Times reports.     The plan is to build a…

Thirteen workers were still missing Thursday morning (5 December) after what’s being described as a ground collapse at a high-speed rail construction site in Shenzhen, southeastern China. Around 200 local…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allowed China Railway Construction Engineering (CRCE), a state-owned company, to be reinstated for bidding on bank-financed projects provided it meets guidelines and co-operates with…

Construction has begun on the annual snow and ice sculpture festival in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China. The event, the largest of its kind in the…

Businesses in Zimbabwe are warning of severe power outages as the country struggles to repay a Chinese loan that funded a $2bn expansion of its main thermal power station. The…

German architect Büro Ole Scheeren has unveiled its design for the Urban Glen project in the city of Hangzhou, about 70km southeast of Shanghai. This 800,000 sq ft mixed-use development…

Tanzania is to receive 264 freight wagons to improve cargo flows on its booming standard gauge railway (SGR).

In response to an unusual spate of mass killings in China, Beijing has launched a three-month campaign to pressure the country’s indebted local governments to clear the vast backlog of…

China has completed its East-route natural gas pipeline, which runs for 5,111km from the Russian border to Shanghai, seven months ahead of schedule, South China Morning Post reports. The final…

Lishui Airport in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province, designed by MAD Architects, is due to open by the end of the year. The airport is located in Lishui’s foothills, 15km southwest…

The city government of Hangzhou in eastern China has switched on the first centrifuge at the world’s most powerful gravity simulation machine, South China Morning Post reports. Known as “Chief”…

Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times reports. Yamanashi Prefecture had been considering a light railway but, at a…