Beijing is one of the earliest still-existant cities planned around a grid: the old city is organized around a chessboard-like matrix of alleys, known as hutong, that date back at least a millenium.

Reading a map of old Beijing, a map of the walled capital of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, you are sure to find a wonder in the world history of city planning. Standing ...

First-time visitors to Beijing may worry that they’ve taken a wrong turn when they alight on trafficked streets dominated by modern skyscrapers. But by exploring the narrow streets and twisted alleys ...

Inside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People this week, the pomp and ceremony of an historic leadership transition means long-winded ambiguous speeches from officials about China’s future path. A stone’s ...

The third season of the documentary "A Bite of China," which depicts Chinese culture via food, will air every night starting from Monday. For some foreigners who love Chinese food, however, watching a ...

A woman walks through a hutong in Beijing. There’s an element of truth to each. Wang Ruishu, a native Beijinger who recently graduated from Parsons, grew up in a hutong two miles southeast of Mao’s ...

Many people in Asia fear that China's territorial ambitions could spark a war in the region, the Pew Research Center discovered in a recent survey. The survey also found that people in many parts of ...

This month, China is joining nearly 200 other countries at a high-stakes climate change conference in Paris. A recent survey showed only 18% of Chinese people see global warming as a "very serious" ...

Dating back centuries, Hutong passageways of Beijing lead back to old China. Try a guided tour back through the ages. D’Andre Swift looks good to go, likely giving Chicago Bears a full backfield after ...