A Newsweek map shows where subsidence is sinking cities fastest, heightening the risk of flooding. A worker looks at a flooded area in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, on April 24.

China has released an updated map for a southern city, established to reinforce its claims in the South China Sea, showing new labels for Paracel and Spratly districts, which were formally created ...

Several of China's biggest cities imposed tougher COVID-19 curbs on Tuesday, further crimping the activities of tens of millions, and sparking fresh concerns for the health of a barely growing ...

As of February 2016, China has 293 of such prefectural-level cities, which are in addition to the country's four provincial-level cities -- which are essentially province/city combos.

So far, China’s southwestern city of Chongqing has welcomed the most returnees – just like last year. On February 3, most trips were made between Beijing and Shanghai.