Almost half of China's major cities face potentially devastating subsidence, raising the flood risk for tens of millions. A Newsweek map shows the fastest-sinking areas.

The wave of Covid infections sweeping across China may already have peaked in some of the country’s largest cities, including Shanghai and Beijing, according to a new study.

Nearly a third of China's urban population lives in areas that are subsiding, according to a sweeping national survey of 82 major Chinese cities. In coastal areas, that makes sea level rise worse.

Nearly half of China's major cities are sinking because of water extraction and the increasing weight of their rapid expansion, researchers say. Some cities are subsiding rapidly, with one in six ...

SINGAPORE — Nearly half of China’s major cities are suffering “moderate to severe” levels of subsidence, putting millions of people at risk of flooding especially as sea levels rise ...

Nearly half of China's major cities are sinking, researchers say. By David Stanway. April 18, 2024 11:46 PM UTC Updated April 18, 2024 Item 1 of 2 A man holding a child walks ...