China's economy is increasingly becoming a tale of two contrasting realities. While provinces driven by artificial intelligence, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and exports are experiencing rapid economic growth, regions dependent on tourism, real estate, and traditional industries are struggling to keep pace.

The latest provincial economic data highlights a widening K-shaped economic divide, with technology hubs such as Zhejiang, home to Alibaba, DeepSeek, and Unitree Robotics, outperforming the national average. Other manufacturing powerhouses including Shanghai, Anhui, and Shandong have also recorded strong growth, fueled by rising global demand for high-tech products.

China's K-Shaped Economy Deepens as AI Boom Widens Regional Gap

An 'explosion' of tens of millions of butterflies appears in a local valley of southwest China's Yunnan province.

China's Yunnan sees butterfly boom

Clashes have broken out in China's Yunnan province after local authorities tried to demolish parts of a historic mosque after a court ruled that the dome and minarets were constructed illegally.

Gravitas: China moves in to demolish the dome of a historic mosque in Yunnan province

China's persecution of ethnic minorities culminated in a major and rare moment of backlash in the Nagu town of restive Yunnan province, over 2,400 km southwest of the capital Beijing.

Watch | Muslims in China's Yunnan clash with police to stop partial demolition of historic mosque

A Chinese man's hand-drawn map of his childhood village helped him find his mother after getting kidnapped as a boy more than 30 years ago. Known as Li Jingwei, the man had posted the map online in a bid to find his biological mother.

This man's hand-drawn map of village helped him find his mother after getting kidnapped as a boy

China has approved construction of one of its tallest dams, a 239-metre (784-foot) hydroelectric structure on the upstream section of its longest river, the Yangtze, the state planning agency said on Tuesday.

China approves large new upstream dam project on Yangtze river

A local resident told reporters she heard gunfire through the night until early Sunday morning, with fear gripping a town that lives at the mercy of both government militias and ethnic armies fighting for more autonomy

Beijing urges ceasefire after deadly Myanmar border clashes

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