Two subway trains collided in heavy snow in Beijing, resulting in 515 people being sent to the hospital on Thursday evening. The incident occurred in the mountainous west of Beijing, on the ...

Hundreds of commuters were sent to the hospital with injuries, including fractured bones, after two Beijing metro trains collided during evening rush hour on a busy route amid snowy weather. The crash ...

On the subway in Beijing, as in most cities with underground Wi-Fi connections, commuters usually spend their rides mindlessly staring at their phones, scrolling through emails or playing games. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beijing's rail transit service now accepts digital yuan for subway rides through an integration with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. China continues expanding the scope of its central ...

A women’s rights organization wants to talk about sexual harassment, and it wants the public to join in. The Beijing branch of the state-run All-Women’s China Federation is using audio-visual mediums ...

An anti-sexual harassment campaign has launched in parts of the Beijing subway system amid repeated reports of assault against women on the city’s public transport system. Sponsored by the state-run ...

While New York attempts to update its public transportation system to run on time and use mobile tickets, commuters over in Beijing are looking at a range of high tech upgrades. In fact, perhaps too ...

In what may be the most significant improvement in human rights brought about by the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics, Beijing has become less of a Forbidden City for the disabled. Even though more than ...

Bob Woodruff takes us on a tour of the incredibly crowded subway system. — -- When I lived in China back in 1989 I rarely used the subway system here in Beijing. There were hardly any cars on the ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the ...