China

Opportunity Lost?

Inside China's leadership transition.

BY CHENG LI | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Unsolicited Advice

Vladimir Putin's secret (fake) letter of congratulations to Xi Jinping.

BY SIMON SHUSTER | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Apocalypse Mao

China's Xi Jinping faces a host of challenges: a slowing economy, stagnating political reform. But the country's black skies and red rivers ought to be his top priority.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Human Rights Now

Six ways China's new leader could be the reformer the Chinese have been waiting for.

BY SOPHIE RICHARDSON | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

National Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

Meet He Di, the insider trying to save the Chinese Communist Party from itself.

BY JOHN GARNAUT | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Party Congress Diary, Day 7

What to watch for as China picks its new leaders.

BY KATHLEEN E. MCLAUGHLIN | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Xi's Got Issues

China's new leader has 100 days to make his mark. Ready, set, go.

BY GEOFF DYER | NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Red Balloon

Is Congress inflating the China threat?

BY TOM Z. COLLINA | NOVEMBER 13, 2012

What Do Rural Chinese Villagers Think About Their New Bosses?

As it turns out, not much.

BY TREFOR MOSS | NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Men in Black

Inside the fashion of Chinese politics.

BY NELS FRYE | NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Turning Japanese

Is this the end of the South Korean miracle?

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | NOVEMBER 12, 2012

China's Other Transition

What we still don't know about the Chinese military.

BY DEAN CHENG | NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The Children Devour the Revolution

A rare inside look at what one of China's most influential generals really fears most.

BY JOHN GARNAUT | NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Kafka in Beijing

A tale of an alleged rape and one woman's futile quest for justice in modern China.

BY JOHN GARNAUT, SANGHEE LIU | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The Corruption Pandemic

Why corruption is set to become one of the defining political issues of the 21st century.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The Hu Era, in Pictures

In 10 years under Hu Jintao, China has changed to an extent unprecedented in history.

BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Huville

My trip to the hometown of China’s soon-to-be ex-leader.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Reform or Perish

The Communist Party knows what it needs to do. What's missing is the will.

BY MICHAEL PETTIS | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Hu Jintao's Legacy

Will China's outgoing leader be the man who introduced the world to a new superpower, or the man who destroyed it? It's too early to tell.

BY KERRY BROWN | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Inside China's Smoke-Filled Room

Sorry, folks: The votes are in, and the ballots have already been counted.

BY WILLY LAM | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

What You Missed While You Were Refreshing Drudge and FiveThirtyEight

A guide to the world news you should get caught up on now that the election is over.

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Rights and Responsibility

The candidates may disagree on some human rights issues, but the next president will face challenges that transcend partisan lines.

BY KENNETH ROTH | NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A Stronger Pivot

Mitt Romney would manage relations with a rising China better than Barack Obama.

BY DANIEL TWINING | NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Air Wars

How defense is playing in the 2012 campaign.

BY GORDON LUBOLD, KEVIN BARON, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The Angry Pacific

Why the United States is not ready for conflict in Asia.

BY MICHAEL J. MAZARR | NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Coming to America

China wants to buy its way onto your TV screen. Will it work? 

BY ALEX PASTERNACK | NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The Collaborator's Song

We often ask why some people choose to resist authoritarian regimes. But the better question might be why so many decide to cooperate.

BY ANNE APPLEBAUM | OCTOBER 31, 2012

A Tale of Two Asias

In the battle for Asia's soul, which side will win -- security or economics?

BY EVAN A. FEIGENBAUM, ROBERT A. MANNING | OCTOBER 31, 2012

Me and My Censor

A reporter's memoir of what it's like to tell the truth about today's China.

BY EVELINE CHAO | OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Long Engagement

Fifty years after they fought a war, India and China are still on the edge of conflict.

BY JACQUELINE N. DEAL, STEPHEN P. ROSEN, SHIVAJI SONDHI | OCTOBER 26, 2012