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Feng Li/Reuters China's Next Great Challenge: Scarcity
China will soon surpass the United States as the world's largest economy, but this is the least interesting thing about it.
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Young Chinese People May Just Not Be That Into Western-Style Democracy
A new study shows that the country's youth have an increasingly lukewarm attitude about democratic political systems.
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Big Reforms on the Way for China's Economy?
As Beijing prepares for a major political meeting, its leaders are thought to be planning the country's most significant economic changes since 1978.
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China's New Dissidents: Dog Owners
Why the popularity of large canines is challenging the country's cultural norms - and law
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Bo Xilai and Xi Jinping: The Divergent Paths of China's 'Princelings'
The standard-bearers of China's political elite couldn't have had more different fortunes this year.
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The Chinese Party Congress Wrap-Up: 3 Surprises
Xi Jinping's affable, plainspoken demeanor is the big story of the power transition.
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The Chinese Party Congress: For New Ideas, Look to the Younger Guys
Hu Jintao's opening address revealed just how closely the Communist Party is still wedded to Mao Zedong's legacy. But the party's next generation after Hu may have different ideas.
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The Chinese Party Congress: Day One
Artifice and pageantry were roundly mocked online.
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China's Leadership Transition: What to Look For
When the People's Republic begins its once-per-decade power handoff tomorrow, here's where to look for clues as to the country's future.
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A Taste of Mob Rule in China
In a chilling demonstration of people-power, anti-Japanese riots exposed Beijing's vulnerability in a crisis.
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The Two Chinas at the Olympics
Who had a bigger impact on the London games, China's athletes or its manufacturing workers?
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Dependence on Middle Eastern Oil: Now It's China's Problem, Too
As America imports less energy from the region and China imports more, it risks becoming the "new U.S." in the Middle East.
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Friend/Foe: The Contradictions in How Americans and Chinese See Each Other
The U.S.-China relationship is working well, so why are people in the two countries reporting such unfavorable views?
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Hu Jintao's Kennedy Moment
China flawlessly executed a manned space flight. Now, imagine if the country put that same effort into improving the food supply.
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How I Landed in the Middle of (and Debunked) China's Latest Rumor
The story of a deposed senior leader, a movie star, allegations of prostitution, and my camera phone
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Losing Face: Why China Can't Stop Squandering Its Soft Power
Though the country has become the world's second largest economy, its leadership is struggling with the spotlight, and with the global expectations that accompanied their rise.
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Bo Xilai: The Hollywood Version?
A sample screenplay for China's biggest real-life political drama in decades.
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Children of the Revolution: The History China's New Leaders Won't Confront
The legacy of the cultural revolution still hangs over China, something that the next generation of rulers knows all too well.
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Why China Wants to Slow Down Its Own Economy
Outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao called for reducing growth, a sign of China's concerns about rising inequality.
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What It Means to Be a Rising Public Intellectual in China
Meet Eric X. Li, a believer in the Chinese model of governance who is pitching it to Western audiences.
