News Architect’s mind-bending bookshop opens in China Shanghai architect X+Living has published images of its newly completed bookstore in the city of Huai’an in Jiangsu Province. The architect describes its design for the Zhongshuge chain as “tearing…
News China puts measures in place to curb public–private partnerships China has taken steps to restrict the number of public–private partnerships (PPPs) entered into by local government bodies, citing their role in rising debt. Sources familiar with the matter told…
News Team sets out to build China’s third Antarctic station China’s 40th Antarctic scientific expedition embarked from Shanghai this week on a five-month mission to build China’s third permanent research station, Global Times reports. The station will be sited on…
News G7 launches $600bn trans-African railway to counter China’s Belt and Road The US and the EU have joined forces with the African Development Bank (AFDB) and the Africa Finance Corporation to launch the west’s latest attempt to counter China’s Belt and…
News MAD Architects’ Ark to replace former Shanghai cement factory Beijing-based architect MAD has revealed its plans to transform a cement factory warehouse in Shanghai into a waterside “ark”. The Shanghai Zhangjiang factory, which closed in 2013, will be turned…
News China starts work on $4.3bn offshore airport Work has started on a $4.3bn international airport off the coast of Dalian, a port city in Liaoning Province, northern China, Xinhua reports.
News Chinese firms eye $6bn worth of projects in Nigeria Nigeria’s science and infrastructure agency says it has reached non-binding agreements with Chinese companies covering projects in Nigeria worth a combined $6bn. The agreements came out of talks held during…
News UNStudio designs multi-tower complex at Hangzhou Olympic site Dutch architect UNStudio has designed the four-tower, mixed-use Hiwell Amber Centre in Hangzhou, southeast China. The complex contains two residential towers, an office tower, and a tower containing a hotel…
News Chinese machinery group to ‘generate $5bn investment’ in Mexico Chinese construction machinery group Lingong Machinery (LGMG) plans to build an industrial hub in the northeast Mexican state of Nuevo León that it says will generate $5bn in investment. Mexico…
News China considers extra $137bn infrastructure spend to boost growth China is mulling raising its infrastructure spending by a trillion yuan, or $137bn, to accelerate the economy’s recovery from its long period of covid restrictions, Bloomberg reports. The money would…
News First concrete poured at China’s $18bn Lianjiang nuclear site Work has begun on unit one of the $18bn Lianjiang nuclear power plant in southeast China’s Guangdong province. The announcement was made on Sunday by its owner, the State Power…
News Unoccupied Shenzhen tower transformed into women and children’s centre Construction has been completed on Shenzhen’s Women & Children’s Centre, a previously unoccupied 100m-tall tower that has been transformed into a colourful skyscraper by Dutch architect MVRDV. Originally opened in…
News Kenya to request $1bn Chinese loan to finish stalled road projects President Ruto of Kenya is to use his visit to Beijing later this month to ask China for a $1bn loan to restart work on stalled road projects. He will…
News China to spend $14 trillion on green power transformation China is planning to invest around $13.7 trillion in its electricity sector between 2020 and 2060, reports the Xinhua news agency. Quoting a State Grid Corporation book, Xinhua said the…
News China to build electrical engineering centre in Addis Ababa The Civil Engineering Construction Corporation of China (CCECC) has agreed to build a “centre of excellence” in Addis Ababa to help train Ethiopian electrical engineers. The facility would be for…
News China rejected Pakistan projects over political instability fears, report says China has rejected requests by Pakistan to add more projects to the wide-ranging China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) scheme, newspaper Nikkei Asia reports today, citing two officials who saw the minutes…
News Zaha Hadid Architects design Chinese Harbourside district UK designer Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its plans for a 409,000 sq m harbourside cultural district for the city of Sanya on the southern tip of China’s Hainan island.…
News China launches sea-skimming Fujian railway, eyes future Taiwan link China has opened a 277km-long, high-speed coastal railway that saves land space by crossing ocean bays in the province of Fujian near the Taiwan Strait, Xinhua reports.