Xi Jinping built the smart city of Xiongan as a showcase for China’s technological prowess. But WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng finds it remains largely empty, raising questions about the limits of Xi’s rule.

As President Trump turns up the heat on Beijing, China is trying to become more technologically self-sufficient, but its ...

A series of relief actions have been carried out rapidly in the quake-hit areas. Normal life has been restored at ...

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But China has said little about the project ... dams in Tibet after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck near the city of Shigatse this month, killing more than 120 people. Even if the Motuo dam ...

China Daily recently reported ... located in Lahlo Township, Sagya County of Shigatse City, on the right bank of the Yarlung Tsangpo. It is not a hydropower plant but an irrigation project. The other ...

LHASA -- A relics site, first discovered in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region in 2019, has been identified as the earliest Neolithic lakeside site in the heartland of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau ...

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025, a picture of Tibetan Buddhist monks clearing debris circulated in posts ...

However, the scale of destruction in recent events, including the Shigatse earthquake, has raised questions about whether human activities are exacerbating the region’s natural vulnerabilities.

BEIJING: Catholics in China have sent funds to survivors of last week's earthquake in the Tibet region to help them clear debris and rebuild their homes. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Dingri ...