Progress on the 253km high-speed railway between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, the first phase of the link between Thailand and China, is expected to be in operation in 2027. The…

Chinese rail equipment maker CRRC has won a contract to build electric trainsets for Chilean State Railways (EFE). CRRC, in a consortium with local rail services company Temoinsa, will supply…

China has offered to build a nuclear power station in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The plan, according to Saudi officials familiar with the matter, is…

The 295m-long Chengdu West First Bridge has been completed. It crosses the Jiangxi River, a tributary of the Tuojiang River in China’s Sichuan province. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA),…

A report this month highlights China’s newly dominant role in Africa won through infrastructure investment.

Construction has begun on a 597-unit residential project in Kuwait’s southern Ahmadi Governorate. The work is being carried out by China Railway Group and the Power Construction Corporation, better known…

London-based architect Daniel Statham Studio has designed a futuristic car park for the city of Hangzhou, southwest of Shanghai, that combines an automated stacking system with an event space. Future…

Construction has begun on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, a 2,980m-long structure that will cross the Huajiang River in Guizhou Province, southwest China. Dubbed the world’s highest bridge by state…

The former general manager of China State Railway Group yesterday pleaded guilty to taking bribes over a period of 18 years, China Daily reports.  Sheng Guangzu, 74, was on trial…

Chinese battery maker Eve Energy said it will build a lithium-ion plant in Thailand to serve the Southeast Asian market. The announcement is the latest in the global rush to…

China’s State Council, the country’s highest government body, this week approved the construction of six reactors at three nuclear power stations in the east of the country, World Nuclear News…

The US Embassy in the Philippines yesterday told local media that it was concerned about the large number of reclamation projects underway in Manila Bay. It said it was worried…

Construction has begun on the 1,600m-long “super major bridge” that will span China’s Yellow River and link Henan Province Shandong provinces. According to state press agency Xinhua, the bridge will…

UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been selected to design a 210m-tall mixed-use tower in Xi’an, the capital of China’s central Shaanxi Province. The 127,200 sq m Daxia Tower,…

The government of Kyrgyzstan has signed an agreement with a Chinese consortium to build four hydroelectric power plants with an investment value of between $2.4bn and $3bn. The deal concerns…

China’s Sunwoda Electronic will invest up to $274.71m to build an electric-vehicle battery factory in Hungary, Reuters reports, citing a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange yesterday. The money will…

Police in the northeast Chinese city of Qiqihar have arrested the management team of a construction company suspected of illegally storing building materials on the roof of the school gymnasium…

Hong Kong-based architect 10 Design has won a competition to design an ideal 74,000-sq-m primary school in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, just south of Shanghai. 10 Design came up…