Immune to above-ground traffic, Beijing's subway is efficient and cheap ... Also, during rush hour, buses can be very crowded, so recognizing your stop becomes increasingly difficult.

A preliminary investigation found that subway tracks were covered in ice as a result of snowfall, compelling the driver of the first train to apply the emergency brake BEIJING, December 15.

In the past 1,000 days, Zhu Liwei has taken more than 1,000 photos of people reading books on the subway in China’s capital. An editor at a publishing house in Beijing, Zhu says the photos are ...