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When we first heard that Volkswagen was taking its barnstorming electric ID.R up the Heaven's Gate road up Tianmen Mountain, we thought this could be the start of a Chinese Nurburgring or Pikes Peak. Now that we've seen this video, we're not so sure.

Now officially open for business, the KPF-designed CITIC Tower rises to a height of 528 m (1,732 ft), making it the 10th tallest building worldwide.

Resembling a strange alien starfish, the massive Beijing Daxing International Airport is one of Zaha Hadid's most eye-catching buildings to date.

Wutopia Lab has installed a new bookstore in the world's second-tallest skyscraper, the Shanghai Tower.

Data from the Juno probe found that Jupiter's core is less dense and more spread out than expected. Now, astronomers believe they have an answer – a huge ancient planet, with 10 times the mass of Earth, crashed into the gas giant in the early days of the solar system.

Volkswagen's barnstorming electric race car already holds records for Pikes Peak, Goodwood and the Nurburgring, and now it's headed to China, where it will tear up the famous 99 turns up Tianmen Shan Big Gate Road​, one of the most spectacular roads on God's green Earth.

Elon Musk revealed over the weekend that a new arm of the tunneling venture, The Boring Company, is in the works for China, a place where his electric car company also happens to be making some inroads. ​​

UN Studio has been selected to design a new cable car terminal in Russia. Assuming all goes to plan, the project, described as the world's first cross-border cable car by the firm, will link with a counterpart in China and provide swift travel between the two countries.

The storied Italian brand of MV Agusta has signed a long-term strategic partnership with Loncin, one of China's manufacturing powerhouses, which will result in a new four-model family of MV Agustas between 350-500cc, as well as some new Voge brand bikes around 800cc.

Henning Larsen has shown a particular talent for producing eye-catching projects that break the mold. It reaffirms this with the newly-opened Hangzhou Yuhang Opera, which resembles a giant piece of cracking ice on the surface of a manmade lake in China.

MAD Architects has been commissioned to produce a new theater in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China. The building will be located on the banks of a river and its design is inspired by traditional local boats, complete with glass "sails" that serve as a canopy.

By the end of 2020, we can expect to see a "smaller, more accessible" 338cc Harley appearing in dealerships across China, as the American company partners with Chinese manufacturing giant Qianjiang to get its brand into more hands.