In a maze of hutongs in central Beijing, the Mandarin Oriental has opened its second hotel in the capital city. Some of the ...

The Asian hotel group’s second Beijing property (Mandarin Oriental Wangfujing opened in 2019) is set in Caochang Hutong, a collection of narrow streets lined with siheyuan (courtyard houses) over 600 ...

Thirty-eight years ago, visitors were introduced to grand historic legacies, such as the Forbidden City. However, I felt that ...

Schools in Beijing will introduce artificial intelligence courses to primary and secondary students to strengthen China’s goal to dominate the sector. From the coming fall semester, which starts ...

Beijing carefully calibrates each move with the aim of staying below the threshold of action that could trigger outright conflict. But, step by incremental step, it has pushed deeper into ...

Using a 2019 snapshot, Beijing allocated 55 per cent of its reserves in the US dollar versus the 61 per cent global average, showing its more diversified holdings. Public data about the SAFE's ...

Alternatively, experience Beijing’s distinctive hutongs, or alleyways, with a guided tour of the old streets followed by a private afternoon tea on a boat. Check in from 2pm; check out by 12pm.

Beijing's guidelines issued in June instructed China's courts, prosecutors and state security agents to "severely punish Taiwan independence diehards" for what it called "secession." The ...

But it remains unclear to whose advantage that will be. “It would be very striking and unlikely if Beijing doesn’t see this as a great gift,” said Isaac Stone Fish, chief executive of ...

Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, saying only the island’s people can decide their future. Taiwan and China have also traded barbs this week over the severing of ...