China’s surprising offer on Tuesday to referee peace in the Middle East offers an enticing narrative. Having emerged over …
Xi Jinping
U.S. and China Pledge to Work Toward a Nonnuclear North Korea. Does That Matter?
On his first trip to Beijing as U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry arrived with an entreaty. As warmongering from North Korea reaches earsplitting levels, Kerry had petitioned Chinese leaders to rein in an isolated country that …
Dumpling Diplomacy: The U.S. Treasury Secretary’s Beijing Lunch Enchants China
Jacob Lew’s humble lunch has become an Internet sensation in China, where ordinary people are growing disgusted by the ostentatious ways of Communist Party officials.
China’s Own Leadership Conclave: Time to Raise the Rubber Stamps
Those people worried about China’s fondness for intellectual property piracy need not be concerned—in the political sphere, at least. On March 12, one of the country’s senior leaders, Yu Zhengsheng, gave a speech in …
As Chinese Debate the Need for Political Reform, an Outspoken Blogger Is Attacked
Li Chengpeng, a trenchant social critic, has many fans, but also many foes.
Crusading Chinese Journalists End Their Strike, but Don’t Expect Media Freedoms to Follow
An unprecedented strike by reporters of a crusading publication has put the spotlight on the heartless mechanism of press control in China and the ways, both adamant and subtle, that journalists use to try to get around it
China’s Anti-Corruption Toolkit: No Flowers, Expensive Booze or ‘Empty Talk’
Woe to premium rice-wine distillers, potted-plant purveyors and weavers of red carpets. A slew of new regulations issued in recent days to curb corruption and limit showy displays by Chinese officialdom have claimed some unusual …
Code Red: China’s Leadership Transition Begins Amid Pomp and Security
And so it has begun. On the morning of Nov. 8, just a day (because of the time difference) after U.S. voters re-elected President Barack Obama, China launched its once-a-decade leadership transition. President Hu Jintao is …
Searching for News, Journalists Covering China’s Leadership Transition Get Hats Instead
Three days before a once-a-decade leadership transition is set to begin in a country boasting the world’s second-largest economy, we have almost no idea about what’s actually going to happen.
Toy Airplanes and Open Taxi Windows Are Suspect as Beijing Readies for Power Handover
The list of strange security precautions ahead of the Communist Party powwow is getting pretty long
As China Readies for Leadership Handover, How is Chairman Mao Faring?
Marxist ideas, which normally enjoy public celebration before major political events in the People’s Republic, have been curiously diminished on the eve of China’s once-in-a-decade leadership transition.
Behind the Story: TIME’s Hannah Beech Discusses China’s Next Leader, Xi Jinping
TIME’s China bureau chief talks about how she reported on the upcoming political handover in Beijing and why China continues to be a morally oppressive society
Must-Reads from Around the World
On deck for Thursday: The world’s biggest money manager says the Chinese economy will improve after the leadership transition, Burma turns to Japan for investments, and Lance Armstrong’s problems go from bad to worse.
