Testing for Line 5 of Beijing Subway is near completion and the new north-south underground line is slated to open to the public in the coming days. Five years in the making The construction of Line 5 ...

Beijing's metro was approved in 1965 and had a first line of 24km, primarily motivated by military considerations. It was the first line in China and opened on 1 October 1969. China and its capital ...

Last week, China Real Time published a map of Beijing subway stops, with names literally translated. Inspired by a similar map of Hong Kong's MTR stations, we figured residents of the country's ...