Almost half of China's major cities face potentially devastating subsidence, raising the flood risk for tens of millions. A Newsweek map shows the fastest-sinking areas. The threat is exacerbated by ...

A new China map shows the South China Sea with a dashed line around claimed Chinese territory. A new line next to Taiwan is also seen on the map at a bookstore in Beijing, Sept. 1, 2023. If a picture ...

China’s population of 1.4 billion people is the largest in the world, right? Not anymore. In 2023 India surpassed China as the most populous country. China’s population began shrinking in 2022, and ...

HONG KONG — From the peaks of the Himalayan mountains to the shoals of the South China Sea, China lays claim to a vast territory — and a new national map produced by Beijing is the latest expansive ...

A woman pushes a child in a stroller past a mural of a giraffe in Chengdu, China, on June 5, 2022. (He Haiyang/Sichuan Daily/VCG via Getty Images) Next year, China will no longer be the most populous ...

Xiujian Peng works for Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University in Australia. China’s population has shrunk for the second year in a row. The National Bureau of Statistics reports just 9.02 ...