Minitrue: Migrant Mother Killed in Beijing Subway
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Nov 10, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Oct 31, 2014
In preparation for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the Beijing...
Jun 6, 2014
Following a series of deadly attacks attributed to Uyghur extremists, 81 people in China have been...
May 15, 2014
While Chinese sites are scrubbed of posts on anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam and pre-Tiananmen...
Nov 12, 2013
As China continues to urbanize, policymakers are planning to build more subways in cities to...
Jul 23, 2013
A photo essay at Vice by Oscar Holland and Lukas von Rantzau shows an entire day on Line 2 of Beijing’s subway, from the first train to the last: 5:05 AM – The doors to the first train open. “Welcome to Subway Line...
Jan 8, 2013
As China continues to work on its high-speed railways amid concerns over corruption, a subway train derailed during a test run in Kunming leaving a driver dead and injuring another, from AFP: The first carriage of the train ran...
Nov 28, 2012
Aiming to boost its economy, China has recently approved huge budget allocations for railway and subway projects. From Reuters: China has approved construction of two city subway projects worth 49 billion yuan ($7.87 billion),...
Jul 23, 2012
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Sep 30, 2011
At Bloomberg’s World View blog, Adam Minter describes reactions to the recent Metro accident in Shanghai, where many, for all their reservations, have little choice but to keep riding the subway and hope for the best. As...
Sep 27, 2011
One train on Shanghai Metro’s problem-plagued Line 10 apparently ran into another as it waited at a station. Over 200 were injured, three (update: around 20) seriously, but no fatalities have been reported. Signal failure...
Aug 2, 2011
A dozen escalators—more than 10% of the total—have been recalled from stations along Beijing’s Yizhuang subway line, which opened in late December. Inspections were prompted by the death of a 13-year-old and...
Jun 23, 2011
Sociologist and ethnographer Trica Wang recounts the experience of riding the Beijing subway disguised as a migrant worker while conducting fieldwork: I was dressed to blend in with Yang Jie, so I looked like a migrant street...
Mar 27, 2009
Efforts to build and expand subway lines under major Chinese cities, such as Guangzhou, have become a race against rapid urban expansion and the purchasing power of a growing middle class whose members desire private cars as...
Nov 17, 2008
From AP: The death toll from the cave-in of a subway tunnel under construction in eastern China rose to seven Monday, while new cracks near the site raised worries of further collapses, state media and local authorities said....
Nov 15, 2008
From Xinhua: A 75-meter-long section of the subway tunnel under construction in the provincial capital of Zhejiang collapsed at 3:20 p.m. Saturday, trapping workers and creating a huge crater where 11 vehicles were trapped....
Jun 20, 2008
David Feng at CNReviews explains the ins and outs of the soon-to-open Line 8 in Beijing’s subway system. This will be the line to take to get to the main Olympic venues in Beijing. The Olympic line was originally designed...
Jan 2, 2008
Beijing puts police dogs to help check fireworks on subway, from AP via ABC News: Dogs that can detect fireworks and other explosive substances have started making regular checks at Beijing’s subway stations ahead of the Olympics, state media reported Wednesday. …Eight dogs were patrolling five subway stations, including ones close to Tiananmen Square in […]