China's Gang of Four were called to a meeting and arrested
On 6 October 1976, a month after Mao died, Hua Guofeng had Jiang Qing and three allies seized one by one. Their fall ended China's Cultural Revolution.
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What China's hukou permit costs a rural migrant
China's hukou ties welfare to where you are registered. Rural migrants in cities earn less, struggle to get welfare, and often leave their children behind.
Russia's late yes made the Ross Sea the world's largest reserve
The Ross Sea off Antarctica became the world's largest marine protected area in 2016, after years in which China and then Russia held out against a deal.
Beijing promised Hong Kong 50 years of its own way of life
Britain says China seriously breached the 1984 treaty by removing bookseller Lee Po in 2015. Beijing says one country, two systems could outlast 2047.
China chose its officials by exam until 1905
China's civil service exam ran from the Tang dynasty to 1905, testing millions on Confucian classics, with about one in a hundred winning a post.
Two Chinese towers pulled the core out of the middle
A skyscraper's core holds its lifts and mechanical services. Two towers in Beijing and Shenzhen split it or set it apart from the offices.
Ne Zha 2 took $2.26bn, almost all of it in China
Ne Zha 2 became 2025's biggest film and the top-grossing animation ever, yet about 1% of its $2.26bn came from outside China.
Some skyscrapers wear their frame on the outside
A diagrid carries a tower's load on diagonals on its skin. In London it let Newfoundland stand light over an Underground tunnel, and 30 per cent taller.
China's Peking opera roles: one character type for a lifetime
Peking opera casts every story from fixed role types, such as the sheng and the hualian. Performers train for years, then keep one type for life.