China’s stock market crisis: what does it mean for investors?

Concerns are growing that the Chinese economy is cooling fast, but the message from financial advisers seems to be ‘don’t panic!’

Shanghai in slow lane as market crash accelerates slump in luxury car sales

Little interest in showrooms as deep discounts fail to drive in customers

Bright lights, big trees: Dutch designer imagines an ‘urban forest’

City links: Blueprints for a neighbourhood of tree houses and smiley-face signals to reduce road rage feature in this week’s best city stories

Met’s China: Through the Looking Glass show presents a fantasy of the far east

Ahead of its annual gala, the Met’s Costume Institute risks accusations of cultural appropriation to explore how ideas of China have inspired fashion, art and film

How China’s Macau crackdown threatens big US casino moguls

Exclusive: Investigation reveals how gambling giants made billions against backdrop of triads, vice and corruption in ‘Vegas of the east’

China’s economy: hard landing or welcome rebalancing?

Beijing has made clear that after initially cushioning the slowdown with a massive fiscal stimulus, it is now aiming to engineer a shift to a more sustainable growth model