Airlines In China

Air travel in China increased significantly from the 1990’s. Along with the rapid rise of China’s air industry came an influx of new airlines.

Pizza In China

Pizza is now endemic in China, on offer at multinational chains, South Korean indie restaurants, and local cafes in tourist hotspots.

Recommended Reading On China: Schell

Orville Schell is an author who has written 10 books on China, including Discos and Democracy: China in the Throes of Reform (1988).

Rock In China: Hiperson

Hiperson is a Chengdu based quintet. The band members met while at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu.

Recommended Reading On China: Stilwell

After two and a half years of bitter struggle in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II, General Joseph W. Stilwell was abruptly relieved of his command.

BYD “Build Your Dreams”

BYD is a Chinese company that makes new energy cars, buses, solar panels, and batteries.

China Info On The Web

For information on news and analysis of current events and history of China, visit these websites.

Have Not Have?

One of the basic constructions of Mandarin Chinese involves verbs that are “doubled” or repeated consecutively with a negative in the middle. This format is the basis for…

Urban Rail In China

From the 1990’s onward, every major city in China has constructed and continually expanded a subway system that in most places connects to a long distance rail station.

China = Zhongguo / 中国

Where does the the English word China come from? It is possibly derived from Sanskrit and probably refers to an early dynasty in China called Qin (also written…