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Sina Weibo/screenshot The Limits of David Cameron's China Charm Offensive
The British prime minister is now engaging with Chinese people through social media. But not everyone is prepared to forget his visit with the Dalai Lama.
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Reuters China's New Maritime Muscle
Passage of the recent air-defense identification law is only one part of the country's push in the East China Sea.
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Reuters/Beawiharta Getting to School Shouldn’t Be This Dangerous
Many children around the world miss school or drop out altogether because the journey is too risky.
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Reuters Seven Inventions Designed to Make China's Air More Breathable
The capital's notorious smog has provided Chinese entrepreneurs with a fresh market opportunity.
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Eugene Hoshiko/AP Scenes From China's Hectic Singles Shopping Day
As billions of dollars of product moved through the market, singles marketed themselves online and attended events across the country.
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AECI A Chinese Company Wants to Build a New York City ... in South Africa
A property development firm plans to spend billions on transforming a Johannesburg manufacturing district into a financial metropolis.
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Wikimedia Commons Why Is China Cutting Back on American Idol-Style Singing Contests?
Media regulators now require networks run shows with more “morality”—but a fear of populism is a compelling possibility.
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Reuters China's Most Effective Whistleblowers? Mistresses
15 percent of people reporting corruption are the disgruntled “other women” of wealthy and powerful men.
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Reuters Saudi Arabia Opens a Business Center to Employ Its Women
Even though nearly 57 percent of the country's college graduates are women, only about a fifth of them enter the workforce. A new project might change that.
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Reuters China's Richest Families Have $720 Billion in Unreported Wealth
Undeclared “gray income” means inequality is much worse than previously reported.
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Reuters China Will Consume More Processed Food Than the U.S. by 2015
As people relocate from farms to cities and more females enter the workforce, the unhealthy meal is on the rise.
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Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters Burma May Be Liberalizing—but It Still Needs Chinese Money
Despite its recent democratic transition, the Southeast Asian country is still reliant on its giant neighbor.
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Jason Lee/Reuters Is Pollution Causing Infertility to Rise in China?
The country's environmental problems may be interfering with programs to encourage childbirth.
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What It's Like to Be Single on Valentine's Day in China
For the young and unmarried, the holiday becomes a frenzy of matchmaking.
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Why China Is Banning Construction of New Government Buildings
The five-year restriction on the often-opulent structures is part of President Xi Jinping's larger campaign to reduce state corruption.
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Many Countries Think China's Economy Is The World's Most Powerful
China hasn't surpassed the U.S. in economic size just yet -- but a new poll shows that a majority think it's already happened.
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Virtual Plastic Surgery Apps Come to China
The country's web developers have taken "selfies" to a whole new level.
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Japan Is Counting on Friendly Robots to Save Its Economy
They're friends. They're musicians. They're factory labor. And they're pretty cute.
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Chen Guangcheng: Taiwan's Parliamentary Brawls a Small Price to Pay for Democracy
Says the dissident: "It's still better to have shoving in the legislature than to have tanks rolling through the streets."
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The Latest Risk of Doing Business in China: Getting Held Hostage
The experience of Chip Starnes, an American currently holed up in a Beijing factory, highlights growing labor tensions in the country.
