Beijing's metro network was proposed more than 50 years ago to mixed reactions. Li Ye traces the history. It is 1969, and workers who took part in the subway construction eagerly wait for the first ...

For our summer travel series, our Beijing correspondent rides the city's subway system and explores the history of each stop — above ground and below ground. For our Summer Travel series, NPR's ...

The best ways to get around Beijing are on foot and by subway. As one of the largest, most populous cities in the world, Beijing has its fair share of traffic problems. During morning and evening rush ...

When the Beijing Subway opened on 1 October 1969, only two short lines served the growing Chinese capital. Now, with a population of over 17.4 million in the metro area, Beijing has to act fast to ...

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On March 8, two months after four new lines started operation, Beijing's 16 metro lines have completed more than ten million passenger rides per day, officially making it the busiest subway in the ...

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up One day after Beijing metro realized citywide ...

Reporting from BEIJING — When a single mother was crushed to death while trying to get onto an overcrowded subway train in November, it pointed to a problem that transit officials in the Chinese ...