China

With desertification threatening thousands of acres of land, Chinese officials have announced the forced relocation of more than 10,000 people.

The bridge collapse that killed at least 36 people this week in China is being blamed on rushed construction and the larger issue of the country's emphasis on rapid economic growth.

Government officials have plans to keep more than a million cars out of Beijing for four days this summer as an experiment to see how the city's notoriously poor air quality can improve.

In southwest China, one municipality is trying to usher in a new modern age by encouraging rural residents to move into urban areas. The flood may create one of the most populous cities in the world, but many rural migrants are hesitant to move.

After a growing number of complaints against its presence in one of China's most significant historic and cultural sites, the chain decides to close its doors.

U.S. home builder Toll Brothers, renowned for its large home suburban subdivisions, is looking to expand overseas.

Hong Kong's unique system of escalators, moving walkways, and pedestrian bridges has transformed the neighborhoods it connects.

China is establishing a living wall of vegetation to hold back the Gobi desert that is heading southeast to Beijing.

While neighborhood farmer's markets are all the rage in the U.S., redevelopment officials in Hong Kong are making plans to raze of the city's oldest open-air food markets -- which is falling victim to gentrification.

The vast majority of the world's e-waste is processed in China, in towns like Guiyu.

In preparation for the 2008 Olympics, Beijing and other Chinese cities have taken measures to clean up their "urban villages", demolishing homes and displacing thousands of poor migrants, which has resulted in the creation of many slums.

The population is growing in Shanghai, and the city is running out of space. But before it's too late, the city is crafting plans to help it achieve sustainable growth.

Affordable and eco-friendly, electric bikes and scooters are becoming popular in many Chinese cities -- a welcomed contrast to rising auto usage.

As property prices spiral upward in Beijing, some tenants in the city's 600-year-old hutong alleyways are rushing to cash in on their neighborhoods' destruction.

Booming Shanghai is on a track to become one of the biggest and most economically-active cities in the world.

Major initiative to upgrade a transportation system trying to keep up with China's rapid economic growth includes high-speed trains and what is reportedly the world's largest bus.

Could a 'green' makeover of one of China's most infamous public spaces help signal the country's shifting politics?

Dongtan, a master-planned Chinese city, is set to chart a "smarter path" for growth and remedying China's environmental crisis.

China has announced plans to induce rain in Beijing in the days before the 2008 Olympics in an effort to clean the air. Scientists are wary about the effects of the process.

As the city moves forward with plans to expand its overcrowded underground metro system, Shanghai transit officials are also planning to build a 300km network of bus only lanes to speed travel across the city.