China

The world-record price for a camping chair more than doubled this week when Christie's Hong Kong sold a 17th Century Chinese Folding Horseshoe-Back Jiaoyi for $8.5 million, far exceeding the highest price previously fetched by a Chinese Jiaoyi.

Chinese state media is reporting that scientists working on the EAST experimental nuclear fusion reactor have achieved a new world record by holding plasma of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds in their latest round of experiments.

China's most prominent eVTOL manufacturer has announced a new long-range "lift and cruise" aircraft for inter-city travel. The EHang VT-30 will take two passengers up to 300 km (186 miles) under completely autonomous control.

The China National Space Administration has released the first images received from its Tianwen-1 Mars lander. The images captured from different cameras show the deployed rover ramp, the rover's solar panel wing, and the surrounding terrain.

China has taken another big step forward in its ambitious space program, successfully landing its Tianwen-1 probe on Mars, with a rover to soon be rolled out to study the Martian environment from the planet's surface.

Following its unveiling of a train station in the Chinese city Jiaxing, MAD Architects is set to return to the area with a stunning civic center. It will incorporate greenery, including a central park, and will feature an undulating ceramic exterior.

Chinese technology giant Baidu has launched what is says is the country's first commercial robotaxi service, which will see its Apollo self-driving vehicles shuttle paying customers around Beijing's Shougang Park without a safety driver onboard.

MAD Architects wowed us with its initial concept for the Wormhole Library and happily the finished design looks just as out-of-this-world as the renders. The project, now renamed Cloudscape of Haikou, has now opened to visitors in China.

BIG has produced one of its most eye-catching designs we've seen in a while with its O-Tower, envisioned as a R&D headquarters for smartphone maker Oppo and features a looping form that maximizes daylight inside and creates a courtyard at its center.

MAD Architects consistently puts out the most interesting projects around and the firm's out-of-this-world Wormhole Library is no exception. The project is nearing completion and new construction photos offer a closer look at its unusual form.

Zaha Hadid Architects has clearly made a good impression in China, as the firm has unveiled yet another in a line of major projects there. It will involve extending the existing International Exhibition Centre in Beijing with a huge new building.

Construction work is underway on a striking new arts center by Zaha Hadid Architects. The Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre is defined by a huge eye-catching angular roof canopy that's inspired by the flight patterns of migratory birds.