CHONGQING, China — A damp rat lumbered into the darkness beneath a bed that rents for 24 cents a night. Cobwebs and wires dangled overhead. The air was tangy with sweat and pepper oil. Burrowing ...

Urbanization in China on an unprecedented scale June 19, 2008 - While China’s urbanization began almost 4,000 years ago—in fact, Neolithic villages had begun to appear in river valleys a thousand ...

By 2020, China aims to move 100 million of those people from rural areas into cities — a goal the government unveiled in 2013 in its 23-year plan for urbanization. By 2026, China hopes to move ...

China’s fresh urbanization push may thwart ‘birth-friendly society’ goal REUTERS. August 22, 2024 at 11:05 JST ...

China already has tough environmental laws, regulations and standards, so the most important task for achieving greener urbanization is enforcement. Market-based tools, such as taxes and trading ...

A crowded job fair in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on April 11, 2023. ... Related article 1 in 5 of China's urban youth are unemployed. That's a huge headache for Xi Jinping.

China’s Most Crowded School Has 113 Children Per Classroom. Closures of village schools have concentrated students in county seats, where faculty and facilities aren’t always sufficient. ... The ...

BEIJING - China has added more than 12 million new urban jobs each year since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan period ...

A new report says China has accelerated the forced urbanization of Tibetan herders and villagers, adding to existing reports of efforts to control their culture and language to assimilate them.