The Heat Is Off: Warm Afternoons Coming, But Erratic Pollution Over the Next Few Days

It's happening, it's finally happening! Spring is in the air. If you hadn't already, throw away those thermals (or stash them for next year), and...

Charity law aims for culture of giving

Chinese lawmakers approved the country's first charity law on Wednesday at the closing meeting of the annual session of the National People's Con...

Illness doesn't keep holiday schedules

Each year I've spent in Beijing, I've been amazed that within days of Spring Festival the winter chill melts away into sunshine and warmth. Each ...

Baidu O2O app for food delivery is using AI, just like AlphaGo

Internet giant Baidu claims the company has made great strides in artificial intelligence and is applying it to the company's O2O food delivery s...

Car-hailing companies' subsidies unfair competition, minister say

The minister of transport criticized car-hailing app operators on Monday for the subsidies they offer to users, describing the practice as unfair...

Statistics show 'signs of stabilization'

January-to-February economic data released over the weekend do not seem to indicate a V-shaped recovery coming anytime soon but show slow stabili...

Measles Season: Yet Again, a Vancouver Outbreak is Traced to Beijing

It's been 11 months since our last measles blog, so we'll take that as a small victory. But a warning about a possible Beijing-linked measles har...

Literary Lushes: China’s Ancient Poets and Writers Liked Their Drink

The pages of Chinese literature are soaked with alcohol. Even Confucius wasn’t immune. The persnickety sage might have been careful with his port...

NPA securitization program not linked to rising bad loans: PBOC

China's central bank said on Saturday that the non-performing asset (NPA) securitization program has nothing to do with the country's rising bad ...

How to Get a Taxi in Shanghai

The subtitle for this article was going to be "why won't the taxi stop when the light is on and you're clearly waving your hand like there's a pa...