China

Bull in the China Shop

The Obama administration is welcoming China's presumptive next leader, Xi Jinping. But how can it make good policy when the strategy is a mess?

BY DANIEL BLUMENTHAL | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

We're All State Capitalists Now

The debate about whether America or China will ultimately triumph is a red herring that distracts us from the real contest of our time.

BY NIALL FERGUSON | FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The Muddle Kingdom

China has a serious PR problem.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Dissidents to Watch in 2012

Five notable Chinese activists who are pushing the boundaries of dissent ... and on whom China is pushing back.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Forbidden Citizen

Why 2012 will be a very bad year to be a Chinese dissident -- and what America can do about it.

BY SOPHIE RICHARDSON | FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Winter's Palace

Photos of China's technicolor frozen wonderland.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY JONATHAN BROWNING | FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The End of the Win-Win World

Why China’s rise really is bad for America -- and other dark forces at work.

BY GIDEON RACHMAN | JANUARY 24, 2012

Girl Power and the Fragility Trap

Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.

BY PETER PASSELL | JANUARY 20, 2012

Why the Chinese Save

Contrary to conventional wisdom, China's high savings rate has everything to do with policy and institutions. Culture, not so much.

BY SHELDON GARON | JANUARY 19, 2012

The Smog That Ate Beijing

What China's capital really looks like. 

BY SEAN GALLAGHER | JANUARY 18, 2012

How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis

And why it matters today.

BY HELEEN MEES | JANUARY 17, 2012

Power Play

It's time for the U.S. to stand up to China. And cutting the Pentagon's budget isn't going to help.

BY PATRICK M. CRONIN | JANUARY 5, 2012

Little Trouble in Big China

Did Jon Huntsman waste his time as ambassador in Beijing?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | JANUARY 4, 2012

A Tale of Two North Koreas

China can't decide If It wants to bury Kim Jong Il or to praise him.

BY ADAM CATHCART | DECEMBER 30, 2011

The Coming Collapse of China: 2012 Edition

I admit it: My prediction that the Communist Party would fall by 2011 was wrong. Still, I'm only off by a year.

BY GORDON G. CHANG | DECEMBER 29, 2011

China to the Rescue?

The hard truth of the European debt crisis is that Europe needs Asia … and Asia needs Europe.

BY JEAN PISANI-FERRY | DECEMBER 29, 2011

The Spirit of Wukan

Can a small farming town's remarkable protest against corrupt officials spread across China?

BY RACHEL BEITARIE | DECEMBER 23, 2011

The End of the Chinese Dream

As China's economy continues to trend downward, Beijing's elites are sparking a new, palpable frustration in the general population.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | DECEMBER 21, 2011

The Red Royalty: A Look at China's Elite - An FP Slideshow

As China's economy continues to trend downward, Beijing's elites are sparking a new, palpable frustration in the general population.

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The American Pivot to Asia

Why President Obama's turn to the East is easier said than done.

BY KENNETH LIEBERTHAL | DECEMBER 21, 2011

Next Year, in Review

From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011

Realpolitik and the Myanmar Spring

Wondering why Hillary Clinton is in Myanmar right now? Hint: it's all about China.

BY BERTIL LINTNER | NOVEMBER 30, 2011

What's Up, Ai Weiwei?

In the studio with China's most famous dissident artist.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Life in a Glass House

A glimpse behind the closely watched door to Ai Weiwei’s studio.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | DECEMBER 2011

The Wisdom of the Smart Crowd

For the third year in a row, Foreign Policy polled the world's top Global Thinkers to ask everything from how Barack Obama's really doing on the economy to what the biggest threats to global stability are in a year of revolutions. (Hint: There's not a lot of bullishness in this group.) So take a look at what our brilliant collection of Nobel winners, paradigm-shattering authors, and leaders from around the world has to say about this momentous year and what's in store for 2012.

DECEMBER 2011

The Mall of the World

What a Hong Kong shopping complex tells us about the true nature of globalization.

BY GORDON MATHEWS | NOVEMBER 25, 2011

China’s Wild West

A new resort town transports China’s wealthy urbanites into the world of cowboys and Indians.

BY MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN | NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Buildup Down Under

The American president insisted his historic visit to Australia was not about China. But, of course, that's exactly what it was about.

BY RORY MEDCALF | NOVEMBER 17, 2011

March of the Freshmen

Each year, China's incoming university students must partake in a ritual of patriotic military training. Is it brainwashing? Do they care?

BY ERIC FISH | NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Europe's Coming Trade War with China

Today, the talk in Brussels is all about Beijing's price for helping bail out the eurozone. But the real danger is a looming protectionist backlash.

BY JONATHAN HOLSLAG | NOVEMBER 7, 2011