Forget Trade Talks, Biden Is in East Asia to Stop a Potential War
As Beijing flexes its muscles and pushes territorial claims, the U.S. Vice President needs to reassure allies and make full use of his rapport with Chinese President Xi Jinping
As Beijing flexes its muscles and pushes territorial claims, the U.S. Vice President needs to reassure allies and make full use of his rapport with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Beijing knew that rivals would soon test its controversial East China Sea Air-Defense Identification Zone, but this is all just part of a grander strategy
Lured by U.S. citizenship for their children, thousands of Chinese women give birth annually in the States, supporting a thriving birth-tourism industry
Tensions heightened after Beijing announces rules for “East China Sea air-defense identification zone” that includes territory claimed by both nations
TIME International’s cover story this week delves into the looming crisis facing China as its population grows old before it grows rich
First, the good news: China has announced its intentions to abolish its re-education-through-labor program that has been used to lock up everyone from human-rights campaigners and religious activists to citizens who dare to …
The shift may be too late to offset the damage already done to China’s economy and society
The world’s second largest economy off-loads insultingly small change on a storm-battered Philippines
For three days, Elizabeth Acerden waited for news of her husband and son in Tacloban city, one of the Philippine communities devastated by Supertyphoon Haiyan on Nov. 8. As she washed dishes in faraway Beijing, she would pray for …
One person killed and eight injured in city of Taiyuan, days after an attack on Tiananmen Square throws spotlight on China’s domestic terrorism
Questioning of Beijing’s official line provokes outrage from the Chinese Communist Party–linked daily Global Times
Denial marks the final disgrace of former Communist Party highflyer whose graft trial became China’s biggest political scandal in decades
Life in urban China isn’t cheap, especially for those with a taste for imported goods. The list of pricey foreign products includes Starbucks coffee, which can cost 30% more than the same brew in the U.S. — a fact that on …