Some half a million years ago, Peking man lived in Zhoukoudian, in the southwestern suburbs of Beijing. The climate of that time was warmer and more humid than it is today. Forests and lakes in ...

Two youngsters enjoy red leaves at Badachu in the western suburbs of Beijing October 26, 2002. With late autumn coming, tourists pour to Badachu and Xiangshan, which are well known for red maple ...

Chinese migrant workers walk along a road under construction in Tongzhou. An estimated 400,000 people are expected to shift east of Beijing to Tongzhou. Source: Imaginechina ...

Local officials in a Beijing suburb have built themselves a white-walled, gold-domed office complex resembling Moscow's Kremlin, state media reported, prompting anger among Chinese who condemned ...

A weather station in the southern suburbs of Beijing recorded 40.7C (105.3 Fahrenheit) at 2:30 p.m. (0630 GMT), according to the municipal weather bureau, marking the first breach of the 40C ...