Beijing
The latest sites to join the renowned World Heritage list
World Heritage designations are made when places nominated by their home country are assessed and deemed of “outstanding universal value to humanity”.
- by Julietta Jameson
Latest
World of photos, February 9, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Opinion
Inside China
Alarm bells are ringing louder in China as its financial cancer spreads
The self-declared status of one of China’s largest shadow banks as “severely insolvent” has revealed another crack in a distressed financial system. Beijing may have to step in.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
China relations
Albanese’s Chinese take-away? Blind trust is still off the menu
The prime minister’s breakthrough visit to China may be a “new starting point”, as his hosts declared, but when it comes to trust, the relationship will be a slow burner.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
China relations
When Gough Whitlam went to Beijing, towering over all
Fifty years ago, Gough Whitlam became the first Australian prime minister to visit China. But he’d been there before, leading the Western world.
- by Tony Wright
Unexpected rains around Chinese capital leave dozens dead, missing
The severity of the flooding took the capital by surprise. Beijing usually has dry summers and had a stretch of record-breaking heat this year.
China train travel: Best stops on the Beijing to Shanghai high-speed train route
China's bullet trains can go 1300 km from Beijing to Shanghai in less than five hours.
- by Brian Johnston
Beijing best places to eat: Local tour guide Vicky Qin's top picks
Colour, aroma, artistic conception, taste and shape are the essentials of the most sophisticated Chinese cooking.
- by Julietta Jameson
Things to do in Beijing: The three-minute travel guide
Explore its big-name attractions, then seek out its quieter corners and its thriving contemporary arts, architecture, dining and nightlife scenes, too.
- by Brian Johnston
How to survive the pollution when visiting Beijing
If there is one thing they can't disguise in China, it's this.
- by John Golder
W Beijing Hotel Chang'an, review: Fit for a rock star
From the rock star bedrooms to the upbeat music and inventive cuisine; this hotel guarantees a lush, sensory experience.
- by Dilvin Yasa
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