East Asia

What Kerry Should Tell China

How the U.S. secretary of state can win friends and influence Beijing.

BY SHEN DINGLI | APRIL 11, 2013

With Friends Like These…

Even the Chinese are finally starting to think their allies in Pyongyang are a little bit crazy.

BY HELEN GAO | APRIL 9, 2013

The Void Next Door

Exclusive photos of the bizarre and barren border between North Korea and its longtime ally.

BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE | APRIL 9, 2013

Ten Questions for the New BRICS Bank

The great emerging markets want to start their own bank. But it doesn't seem like they've really thought it through.

BY ISOBEL COLEMAN | APRIL 9, 2013

Woe to the Imperialists!

How I briefly defended North Korea from American aggression.

BY MICHAEL PECK | APRIL 8, 2013

Rolling the Iron Dice

Can Kim Jong Un use his nukes and get away with it?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | APRIL 8, 2013

Change We Can’t Believe In

For those still confused: No, Kim Jong Un is probably not a reformist after all.

BY STEPHAN HAGGARD | APRIL 8, 2013

How to Stop a Nuclear War

What the Cuban missile crisis teaches us about facing down North Korea.

BY MICHAEL DOBBS | APRIL 5, 2013

Mongolia's Growing Pains

Mongolia's blue skies may soon be darkening. A key challenge: Putting the mining companies in their place. 

BY PETER MURRELL | APRIL 5, 2013

Kowtow Now

Why foreign companies need to swallow their pride and get used to apologizing to China.

BY DAVID WOLF | APRIL 4, 2013

The Map of Death

What North Korea's missiles are really aimed at.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | APRIL 3, 2013

No Man's Land

Exclusive photos from the 38th parallel.

BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE | APRIL 3, 2013

Tell Me How This Starts

What war on the Korean Peninsula would look like.

BY PATRICK M. CRONIN | APRIL 3, 2013

Inside Yongbyon

Photos from Joel Wit and Siegfried Hecker's 2008 trip inside North Korea's infamous nuclear complex, which Kim Jong Un pledged to reactivate this week.

APRIL 2, 2013

The North Korea Deal That Wasn't

I heard Pyongyang make a real offer -- but the Obama White House didn't even listen.

BY JOEL WIT | APRIL 2, 2013

The Trillion-Dollar Bureaucrat

He may be the most important central banker in the world. But is China's Zhou Xiaochuan really in charge?

BY NEIL IRWIN | APRIL 2, 2013

Is This a Pandemic Being Born?

China's mysterious pig, duck, and people deaths could be connected. And that should worry us.

BY LAURIE GARRETT | APRIL 1, 2013

China’s Glass Ceiling

Sure, the Middle Kingdom is becoming a superpower, but it's always going to be No. 2.

BY GEOFF DYER | MARCH 28, 2013

'Face' and Something 'Delicious'

What Mao and Stalin’s first awkward meeting tells us about Xi Jinping’s confident trip to see Vladimir Putin.

BY SERGEY RADCHENKO | MARCH 27, 2013

China’s Michelle Obama

Peng Liyuan is the first prominent Chinese first lady in decades. But does she matter?

BY PAUL FRENCH | MARCH 26, 2013

Think Again: North Korea

North Korea is a lot more dangerous than you think, but that doesn't mean that Kim Jong Un is insane.

BY DAVID KANG, VICTOR CHA | MARCH 25, 2013

Lies, Damned Lies, and Chinese Statistics

Who’s cooking Beijing’s books?

BY TOM ORLIK | MARCH 20, 2013

Seoul Mates?

How North Korea’s threats of brimstone and fire are driving a wedge between the United States and its South Korean ally.

BY SUNG-YOON LEE | MARCH 20, 2013

Xi Pivots to Moscow

What message is China's new leader sending with his first overseas trip?

BY JOHN GARNAUT | MARCH 14, 2013

North Korean Pastoral

The Hermit Kingdom as you've never seen it.

PHOTOS BY ROGER SHEPHERD | MARCH 11, 2013

Gray Matter

How to fight Chinese cyber attacks without starting a cold war.

BY JOEL BRENNER | MARCH 8, 2013

Who's Winning the Great Energy Rat Race?

China just passed the United States as the world's leading oil importer. America should be happy to be No. 2.

BY ROBIN M. MILLS | MARCH 8, 2013

Time Is Running Out on North Korea

Congress needs to make Pyongyang pay a price for its recklessness.

BY SEN. ROBERT MENENDEZ | MARCH 7, 2013

A Player, but No Superpower

Why China's military is a threat to its neighbors, but shouldn't concern the United States on its home turf.

BY ANDREW S. ERICKSON, ADAM P. LIFF | MARCH 7, 2013

A Very Special Envoy

Why Obama should make Dennis Rodman his man in Pyongyang. Seriously.

BY JOEL WIT, JENNY TOWN | MARCH 7, 2013