East Asia

'Freedom' Island

Is Hong Kong free, or does Beijing really call the shots?

BY ADAM ROSE | JUNE 12, 2013

Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group

Deep within the National Security Agency, an elite, rarely discussed team of hackers and spies is targeting America's enemies abroad.

BY MATTHEW M. AID | JUNE 10, 2013

Do Two Dreams Equal a Nightmare?

Why Xi Jinping’s vision of a future China cannot coexist with the American Dream.

BY MARCO RUBIO | JUNE 7, 2013

Let's Not Be Friends

Obama and Xi will work better together if they both acknowledge they don't trust each other.

BY YAN XUETONG | JUNE 6, 2013

Paranoid Republic

No summit can bridge the political gap between Washington and Beijing.

BY MINXIN PEI | JUNE 6, 2013

China's New Backyard

Does Washington realize how deeply Beijing has planted a flag in Latin America?

BY R. EVAN ELLIS | JUNE 6, 2013

The Head of China's Petitioning Office

Why Barack Obama can't afford to take human rights off the agenda when he meets with Xi Jinping.

BY SOPHIE RICHARDSON | JUNE 6, 2013

How Obama Tried and Failed to Make Friends with China

Don't expect much from the upcoming summit -- we've been down this road before.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | JUNE 5, 2013

Xi's Not Ready

Why Obama should skip the shirt-sleeves summit with China's new leader.

BY MICHAEL AUSLIN | JUNE 4, 2013

The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan... Stalin Did

Have 70 years of nuclear policy been based on a lie?

BY WARD WILSON | MAY 29, 2013

Ready, Fire, Aim

Why the U.S. should have launched an ICBM during the North Korean crisis.

BY ANDREA BERGER | MAY 28, 2013

New Asia, Old Europe

Does one obscure Austrian philosopher have the blueprint for the U.S. pivot to Asia?

BY FRANK JACOBS | MAY 28, 2013

Ai Vey

A look at Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei's terrible new music video.

BY JON CAMPBELL | MAY 24, 2013

Japan's Own Worst Enemy?

Shinzo Abe is at the height of his popularity. But is he too much of a right-wing nut to save the country's economy?

BY TOBIAS HARRIS | MAY 23, 2013

Pulp Liberation Army

Welcome to the strange -- and terrifying -- underground world of Chinese military fantasy novels.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH, HELEN GAO | MAY 23, 2013

Prepare to Start Making Things Again

Why America's natural gas boom is good news for U.S. manufacturing and bad news for China.

BY CHARLES R. MORRIS | MAY 22, 2013

What the Hell Was That All About?

After scaring the world witless, has North Korea slunk back into its cave?

BY AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER | MAY 20, 2013

Burma's Web-Savvy Rebels

How Burmese insurgent groups are using China's version of Twitter to fight their war.

BY PATRICK BOEHLER | MAY 20, 2013

The Unstoppable Force vs. the Immovable Object

Could the United States really go to war with China?

BY NOAH FELDMAN | MAY 16, 2013

Beijing's 'Bitskrieg'

How China is revolutionizing warfare.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MAY 13, 2013

Iron Man vs. the Super Censors

In China, even Tony Stark can’t get around the culture police.

BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | MAY 9, 2013

China: Year Zero

1979 and the birth of an economic miracle.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 7, 2013

The Most Dangerous Border in the World

Why is China picking a fight with India?

BY ELY RATNER, ALEXANDER SULLIVAN | MAY 4, 2013

Can China's Top Guns Fly?

The Chinese military is aiming high. But can its Air Force break through all the red tape?

BY JOHN GARNAUT | APRIL 30, 2013

What China and Russia Don't Get About Soft Power

Beijing and Moscow are trying their hands at attraction, and failing -- miserably.

BY JOSEPH S. NYE | APRIL 29, 2013

Xi's War Drums

China's new leader is using the military to consolidate his power. But has he unleashed forces beyond his control?

BY JOHN GARNAUT | MAY/JUNE 2013

China’s Black Hole

Let's face it: We have little idea what's actually going on in Xinjiang and Tibet.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | APRIL 26, 2013

Paper Tiger

Why isn't the rest of Asia afraid of China?

BY DAVID KANG | APRIL 25, 2013

The Big One?

Is China covering up another flu pandemic -- or getting it right this time?

BY LAURIE GARRETT | APRIL 24, 2013

Think Again: Austerity

The big spenders are wrong: Maintaining sustainable budgets is essential to economic growth.

BY ANDERS ASLUND | APRIL 23, 2013