It was designed as a forceful response to Japanese assertiveness. But Beijing's creation of an air defense zone may have backfired, experts said, eliciting a strong joint response by the United States and Japan. Instead of strengthening China's position, the "air defense identification zone" has ...
When 36-year-old Lois heard the news that China was relaxing its one child policy, she was delighted and relieved. The Beijing mother had just discovered she was five weeks pregnant with her second child, a baby who would be illegal under existing law, and the ...
Armed with tens of billions of dollars in investment deals and romantic tales of ancient explorers, Chinese President Xi Jinping spent much of September and October promoting his vision of two new "Silk Roads" to connect his country to the West and secure its ...
The trial of Bo Xilai may have divided the Chinese Communist Party and hogged the media spotlight, but, outside the courtroom, President Xi Jinping is continuing his steady efforts to consolidate control, clean up the party and sideline opponents, with a series of detentions ...
More than ever before, China's rulers are actually listening to their people, reacting quickly to contain potential crises that could threaten one-party control. With its ability to control the Internet increasingly challenged, China's Communist Party has had to change its game.
A spate of deadly knife attacks and other apparently random acts of violence in the past few days has rattled the Chinese government.
