Reading the tea leaves of China’s panda diplomacy
A deal was signed between San Diego Zoo and China’s Wildlife Conservation Association in February 2024 that paved the way for Chinese giant pandas to return to the US by the end of the summer.
Xi Jinping in asian news
Analysis: Can Xi Jinping's 'buy new products' campaign fix China's economy?
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
China’s got a fixable lost-in-translation problem
As Xi Jinping’s regulators tighten their grip on quantitative trading, they are inadvertently giving global investors another reason to make ill-timed comparisons to 2007.
China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public
After watching “Navalny,” the documentary about the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, a Chinese businesswoman messaged me, “Ren Zhiqiang is China’s Navalny.” She was talking about the retired real estate tycoon who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for criticizing China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
China flexes maritime muscle with bigger, tougher coast guard ships
BEIJING -- The China Coast Guard is expanding its presence in the East and South China seas as well as in waters near Taiwan, deploying larger and more sophisticated vessels as it essentially acts as an extension of the Chinese navy.
China widens scope of state secrets law
SHANGHAI -- China on Tuesday passed a legal change that broadens the scope for classifying "secrets," as the government moves to shore up national security.
China’s embattled former foreign minister steps down as member of the legislature
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature, state media reported Tuesday.
Did China squander its moment in the sun?
When you look at modern China, you are witnessing something stupendous – a great civilization at the peak of its relative power and effectiveness. Along a few dimensions, modern China is the most impressive civilization humanity has ever built. It has the highest total GDP of any country in history, measured at purchasing power parity.