The Beijing plain is a seismically active area and home to more than a dozen seismic fault lines, including one that runs from the city’s Shunyi district in the northeast through downtown.

Most visitors arrive through Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), located about a 30-minute drive (sans traffic) from downtown. While visitors find taking a cab into the city very easy ...

In Beijing, birds of prey from four families — Accipitridae (hawks and eagles), Pandionidae (ospreys), Falconidae (falcons), ...

The Great Wall of China is recognised as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was declared a World Heritage Site by the ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] Not long after sunrise, a group of crows encircled a Northern eagle owl that had been hovering for a lengthy period over Houhai Lake in downtown Beijing. The ...