News Chinese firms to spend $7bn on Congolese roads in mining deal A Chinese consortium has agreed to invest $7bn in road improvements to settle a legal dispute with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Highways website reports. The dispute…
News Architects turn Shanghai cement factory into new culture district Dutch-headquartered architect MVRDV has unveiled plans for a 34,000-sq-m leisure and culture district on Shanghai’s waterfront, which it designed with Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus. The “Gate M…
News Chinese group claims new hyperloop speed record A Chinese aerospace group developing hyperloop-style ultra-fast rail travel says it has set a new speed record at its 2km-long test tunnel in Datong, Shanxi province. The Third Academy of…
News China halts local projects as municipal debt hits $13 trillion Beijing has told a dozen local governments to halt or delay infrastructure projects to limit debt increases, Reuters reports. Local governments in China have some autonomy in how they implement…
News Russia’s new pipeline to China delayed by ‘calculations’ Russia’s planned Power of Siberia 2 pipeline intended to ship Russian gas to China is facing delays, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The 3,550km line under discussion and development for…
News ‘Enough is enough’: Property giant Evergrande ordered to liquidate A judge in Hong Kong today ordered one of China’s biggest property developers, Evergrande, to liquidate in light of its more-than $300bn debt burden and failure to come up with…
News Chicago architect wins Chinese regeneration scheme Chicago architect Goettsch Partners (GP) has won a competition to design a 111,500-sq-m urban renewal project in Jinan, capital of the province of Shandong in northeast China. The mixed-use scheme…
News Hanoi brings in Chinese contractor to consult on $2.7bn metro line Hanoi’s municipal transport department has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the China Pacific Construction Group (CPCG) and the Vietnam Construction Import–Export Corporation on Thursday. According to Vietnamese website The Investor, the…
News China to spend $70bn revamping grid to take renewables The company that manages China’s electricity grid says it will invest more than $70bn in its network this year to improve long-distance transmission and accommodate more intermittent renewable generators. State…
News MVRDV designs 150m tower for Sichuan software park Dutch architect MVRDV has won a competition to design two buildings for Tianfu Software Park in Chengdu, central China. One is a 150m-tall office tower that will be the centrepiece…
News First three buildings completed for financial district of Egypt’s new capital China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) yesterday handed over the first three buildings of the $3bn central business district of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, local news sites reported. Prime Minister…
News iPhone screen-maker to build $9bn factory in Chengdu Beijing-based electronics group BOE Technology, the largest supplier of screens for the iPhone 15, will invest $9bn in a factory complex in central China. According to the South China Morning…
News 10 Design unveils world’s largest indoor ski slope Hong Kong-based architect 10 Design has published images of its design for the Huafa Snow World, a 131ha leisure and shopping destination set to open in Shenzhen, China in 2025.…
News Chinese wave: MAD unveils watery design for Guangdong cultural complex Beijing-based architect MAD has unveiled its design for the Nanhai Arts Centre in the City of Foshan in the greater Guangdong area of southeast China. The 120,000-sq-m complex will include…
News China to spend $11bn on Tibetan infrastructure this year The Chinese government is to spend $11.3bn on infrastructure in Tibet’s western Xizang Autonomous Region this year, Xinhua reports. The investment, equal to more than a third of the region’s…
News Kazakhstan starts building third railway to China Kazakhstan has broken ground on its third rail link with China. The 272km line will connect the eastern city of Ayagoz to the town of Bakhty on the border with…
News China approves four reactors with six more to come this year China’s State Council has given the green light for work to begin on two Hualong One reactors at the Taipingling nuclear power plant in Guangdong, and two more at the…
News China’s first fast train service to Vietnam opens The first medium-speed rail link to China’s border with Vietnam entered service last week, cutting travel time between two coastal cities from an hour to 19 minutes, according to the…