First came the Buddhist monks. Then the feng shui consultant. In the summer, a battered New England mill town greeted the new owner of its factory — one of the richest tycoons in China.

CBS News' Seth Doane visits a town in China that produces 60 percent of the world's buttons. ... Sean says he is introducing computer systems to modernize how the old business is run.

The Old Town of Lijiang, lying on the Lijiang plain at an elevation of 2,400 meters in southwest Yunnan province of China, is one of the last surviving ancient towns in China.

Wang Xiuping, a citizen from Taiyuan, capital of northern China's Shanxi Province, shared an old picture of her daughter's birthday taken in 1990 on China's microblog service Weibo. In the photo, a TV ...

Most of a 1,300-year-old Tibetan town popular with tourists was destroyed by a fire over the weekend, renewing concerns over commercial development at Chinese heritage sites.

Hapgood became China’s town manager in July after 26 years as town clerk when Dennis Heath stepped down. Nelson stepped into Hapgood’s role. “She’s doing fantastic,” Hapgood said.

Guangzhou-based O-office Architects is in the process of converting 18 former factory buildings on a 20-acre site into artists’ studios, hotels, a conference center, and more. In China’s booming Pearl ...

All over town, Shanghai is visibly growing old. "Before he fell, he used to love going dancing," says 77-year-old Mrs Zhang. ... China, they say, will become "too old to get rich." ...