Different from a northern Chinese courtyard ... Meanwhile, hot air inside the house can rise and escape through the opening above the skywell, which "works just like a chimney".

It damages your psychological and physical health,” says the 54-year-old artist, whose modest house overlooks the site of a vast new port being built by Chinese state-owned company Cosco.

The operations appear to be coming from separate departments inside the Chinese government and targeting ... group had compromised large numbers of home and office routers for use as anonymity ...