What China’s Growing Nuclear Power Means for the World
Beijing makes a drive to lift its presence in the international energy game
Beijing makes a drive to lift its presence in the international energy game
Chinese trials don’t tend to produce unexpected outcomes. But they do, on occasion, allow for out-of-court appeals by families and defense lawyers. On Oct. 15, Ji Zhongxing, a wheelchair-bound man who blew up a small incendiary …
An American woman is hurt as blast tears through a guestroom at the prestigious Traders Hotel in central Rangoon late on Monday night
Beijing’s air is notoriously foul, with pollution indices spiking again earlier this week and causing mass flight delays as smog destroyed visibility. The main causes of the pollution were thought to be clear: factory emissions …
But don’t get too excited girls, ingrained sexism runs deep
The demise of the disgraced Communist Party official offered a rare glimpse of the corruption and infighting within China’s political elite
Costly festive pastries are ruled out as government gifts
Rival territorial claims see worrying rise in antagonistic air and sea maneuvers
When it comes to international affairs, China has tended to either retire from the limelight or snipe from the sidelines. But on Syria, Beijing’s opposition to possible American intervention echoes the consensus from much of …
Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics wasn’t a sexy one. But the promise of efficiency, competence and high-tech wizardry was more than enough to convince members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who on Sept. …
It doesn’t help that Zhou Yongkang, China’s ex-security czar, looks like an archetypal movie villain, with his slicked-back hair and steely-set jaw. For months, untoward rumors have swirled around the nation’s former …
If there’s one lesson to be drawn from the salacious, five-day trial of fallen Chinese princeling-politician Bo Xilai, which concluded on Aug. 26, it’s this: the Chinese government gets this whole Internet thing. Displaying a …
Will he or won’t he? As Aug. 15, the 68th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, approaches, it’s time to take bets on whether Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine. The Shinto …