Six years ago the then-mayor launched an ambitious plan to reconstruct the lost walls, watchtowers and Ming-style homes of the city – resettling tens of thousands of residents and transforming Datong ...

BEIJING, July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Datong, located in north China's Shanxi Province, is fast becoming a premier cultural destination for international travelers. In the first half of 2025, its ...

According to the 2026 trend report on foreign tourism in China released by Xiaohongshu in April, international travelers are ...

This article is the fourth in a series about Liang Sicheng, one of China’s best loved architects. Parts one, two, and three can be found here. On Nov. 18 last year, the western city wall of Datong, an ...

DATONG, China—This is a city with an image problem. Ask people in China what they think about Datong – once called the most polluted in China – and you’ll learn they either love it or hate it. Few ...

As China runs away from the rest of the world in developing renewable energy, its coal mining industry is facing the prospect ...

View of Datong South Station. [Photo/Liu Yukun for China Daily] Datong city in North China's Shanxi province is stepping up efforts to develop its transportation network in a bid to promote tourism to ...

Chinese documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao follows the mayor of a Chinese city who decides to relocate half a million people to make room for an immense cultural project By Boyd van Hoeij The ...

Fri, June 29, 2018 Published on Jun. 29, 2018 Published on 2018-06-29T11:25:04+07:00 When talking about travel to Datong city, what first comes to mind? Most travelers at home and abroad will probably ...

Solar power projects, such as this one shaped like giant pandas in Datong, Shanxi province, are now a common sight. [Photo/VCG] Datong, a city once dominated by coal in Shanxi, is breaking tradition ...

Beijing, China--(Newsfile Corp. - December 2, 2023) - BCI Group unveiled China's Datong Super Energy Complex at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, UAE. This groundbreaking ...