Mongolia and China will build a rail link to connect their networks to reduce trade costs, particularly for Mongolia’s coal, Railway Supply reports.  The line will extend a 240km track…

Justin Trudeau has announced that a 1,000km high-speed rail link will be built in the centre of the country, linking Toronto and Quebec City. The service, to be known as…

Kuwait has signed an agreement with China State Construction and Communications (CSCC) to work on completing the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project, news agency Kuna reports. The agreement was signed yesterday…

Construction has begun on China’s first privately funded test facility for drones, light aircraft and flying cars. The plant, which is located in Chongzhou, Sichuan Province, will assess engines for…

China has given a green light to the construction of a deep-sea research facility in the South China Sea, South China Morning Post reports. Known in the research community as…

China has completed work on the last of 2,132 “quiet communities” in a bid to tackle noise pollution and reduce the stress of city living, Xinhua reports. The Ministry of…

A Chinese contractor has completed work on the largest cocoa factory and warehouse in the Ivory Coast, the South China Morning Post reports.  The 21ha plant is the second that…

Montenegro is to cancel the pre-qualification tender for a 22km motorway project following a request from the EU and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which are financing…

Thailand’s cabinet formally approved the second phase of its high-speed railway to China through Laos on Tuesday, committing 340 billion baht, about $10bn, in funding, Bangkok Post reports. Phase 2…

The Xi’an Centre Culture Business District (CCBD), a 155,000 sq m neighbourhood designed by UK architect Heatherwick Studio, has opened to the public. The city in Shaangxi Province, north central…

China’s New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor has reported a surge in growth, according to figures released by China Railway Nanning Group and reported by the government. The “corridor” is a…

Two 100m-tall linked buildings that are the mirror image of each other have topped out in Shanghai. The Infinity Towers were designed by US firm Studio Libeskind and local firm…

China is building a military complex on the outskirts of Beijing that will be 10 times bigger than the Pentagon – until recently the largest office in the world, the…

Tanzania has signed a $2.2bn deal with two Chinese firms to build a standard gauge rail link between the port of Dar es Salaam and a nickel mine in Burundi,…

China plans to drill 15km into the Earth’s surface to hunt for fossil fuels and to learn about the structure of the earth’s crust, South China Morning Post reports. The…

Thailand says its $13bn high-speed railway to China through Laos will enter service in 2030, South China Morning Post reports.  A government spokesperson said the line would be “an opportunity…

With Donald Trump threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal from China, Nicaragua has changed its constitution to let the regime of Daniel Ortega grant a concession to a company…

Construction has been completed at a five-tower residential project in Chongqing, designed by Dutch architect UNStudio on behalf of Singaporean developer GuocoLand. The towers will vary between 16 to 51…