Beijing — China wants to use the Beijing Winter Olympics to showcase its green credentials, but there are concerns over the environmental cost of a Games relying on artificial snow in one of the ...

Beijing reported cleaner air than ever in 2025, with 311 days of good or moderate air quality. It’s largely thanks to strict emissions regulations and the growth of electric cars in Chinese cities. In ...

In three years, China's capital city of Beijing has taken rapid steps toward letting robotaxis operate closer to the city center. This month, the city began allowing tests of robotaxis with human ...

The Chinese capital was choking on sand and dust on Monday, as the biggest sandstorm in nearly a decade swept over the city turning the skies an eerie shade of orange. Photos from Beijing, home to ...

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics officially kicked off on Friday, and it won't be long before the first trio of medals are handed out, with six sports handing out the honors the day after the opening ...

BEIJING — Outside of the window of a passing train from Beijing to Yanqing are rows and rows and rows of trees. This succession of perfectly arranged seedlings and saplings stretches for acres. Some ...

For our summer travel series, our Beijing correspondent rides the city's subway system and explores the history of each stop — above ground and below ground. For our Summer Travel series, NPR's ...

Fairmont Beijing is one of the most elegant stays in the city. Beijing is a city where ancient traditions meet modern dynamism. And one of the best places to experience this dynamic dichotomy is from ...

With his tidy two-piece suit and over-gelled, gravity-defying hair, Wei Kuan looks like any other young Chinese office worker coming home to a high-rise apartment compound in downtown Beijing. But ...