As China’s cities become taller, bigger and more modern, they face a major problem: the ground beneath them is sinking. A 2024 study 1 found that nearly half of the land under the country’s major ...

Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in 4,000 years, scientists report, with China’s major coastal cities at particular risk. The rapid increase is driven by warming oceans and melting ice, ...

Kongjian Yu’s company is designing green spaces to absorb rainfall and mitigate natural disasters. In July 2012, a massive flash flood struck Beijing as rainfall in the Chinese capital caused the ...