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China's newest 'superproject': the 247-meter Dashixia dam, the world's tallest of its type, has begun generating power in a Tianshan gorge — electricity for some 600,000 households and 3.4 billion cubic meters of annual water for the Tarim River.

Sports

China's Badminton Pair Loses the Asian Games Final After Playing Through Injury

Liu Shengshu knelt on court in the deciding game of the Nagoya Asian Games women's doubles final and kept playing, then refused a wheelchair to walk off. She and Tan Ning lost 2-1 to South Korea — on a schedule players are calling brutal.

Life Stories

Tiffany's Mooncake Apology Tour: A Stage Name, Street Pastries, and an Innocent Pastry Shop

Tiffany's China retail chief has emailed an apology to the Chengdu customer whose mooncake complaint ended in a restricted account — while the store's follow-up rounds, a stage-name introduction and 20-yuan street pastries, kept the internet watching and briefly made a neighborhood pastry shop famous.