After getting comfortable with the domestic market, China's top hotels are learning new tricks to get international travelers to return.

On a blustery December morning, the cup of ginger tea offered at the Sukhothai's reception is a thoughtful welcome. Upstairs, my Studio King room is capacious, with a king-size bed and multiple seating areas. Large windows reveal views over the upmarket Jing'an district.

The case was one of two knife attacks targeting Japanese nationals in China last year. In September, a 10-year-old Japanese student was fatally stabbed near his school in Shenzhen. The trial of the alleged perpetrator in that case only just began.

A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and killed a bus attendant trying to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to a Japanese official.

A Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death, according to a Japanese government official.

On the housing front, Shanghai renovated 136,000 square meters of scattered old residential buildings benefiting 4,697 households in 2024. It also renovated 311,000 square meters of separate flats and launched 21 urban village redevelopment projects.

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy, in a case that sparked concern among Japanese expats living in China. The sentence for the knife attack in the southern city of Shenzhen in September was handed down on Friday, according to Japanese media reports.

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for a knife attack near Shanghai which left a Chinese bus attendant dead and a Japanese mother and child injured. The attack in June highlighted tensions between China and Japan amid fears of rising anti-Japanese sentiment.

Although Qantas pulled its only direct flight to China between Sydney and Shanghai in mid-2024, last year saw a return to pre-pandemic flight frequencies. Consequently, the cost of flights has dropped 30 per cent compared to 2023, according to Trip.com You can now bag off-season return flights for as little as $500.

Long Island, and Nassau County in particular, has long been known for retail. It is the home of Roosevelt Field Shopping Center in the East Garden City

The Wanda Diamond League has announced that men's 400m world record holder Karsten Warholm will race at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on May 3.

World champions Mondo Duplantis and Karsten Warholm will get their 2025 Wanda Diamond League campaigns under way with appearances in Xiamen and Keqiao