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 ...

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 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 ...

MTR Corp, the operator of Hong Kong's metro system, will continue developing new subway lines in Beijing over the next five years, as it pursues a larger foothold in a lucrative urban market with more ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A subway line in Beijing looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Line 6 had its subway windows replaced with a “magical window ...

Recently I took my 200th trip on the Beijing Metro. I know because I used up the fourth 100RMB charge on my Metro card, below. (Rides are for now 2RMB apiece, about 28 cents, regardless of distance.) ...

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 ...