Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

Zhangye in Northwest China's Gansu province is a sparkling gem of the Hexi Corridor. Visitors can marvel at the stunning ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Glaciers, a dense body composed of persistent and constantly moving ice, are the largest reservoirs of freshwater, storing drinkable water for millennia. Today, climate change and the resulting shifts ...

China's incredible £3.8 billion ($5 billion) railway line is set to connect two countries separated by the world’s highest mountain range, but the ambitious mega-project has been on hold for ...

The Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has said in a new book. It marks the first time the Dalai Lama has specified his successor would be ...

Before explorers, pioneers, and cartographers, the world must have seemed very small. Eventually, people started mapping the land around them and venturing further into unexplored areas, and we’ve ...

This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. After US President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Visitors view a jade dragon of the Hongshan culture at the National Museum of China in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 3, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Three new jade dragons unearthed in 2024 from the ...

From the choppy waters of the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait to the frozen ridges of the Himalayas, China is pursuing a relentless campaign of expansion, operating in the hazy zone between ...