The two nuclear powers are fighting over a border, but their battle is really over the shape of Asia’s future.
The posters were found as Chinese enrollment at schools in Australia grows and as the country confronts concerns about Chinese influence in its politics and economy.
As the global spotlight on the nation’s domestic policies has dimmed, lawyers for dissidents increasingly face a terrible choice: acquiescence or imprisonment.
As part of a budding military partnership, China and Russia hold joint military exercises in the strategic European sea for the first time, monitored by NATO.
A small cinema offers an intimate atmosphere and luxury seating for lovers of classic films and vintage Chinese favorites.
Iran’s strategic location makes it a focus, and Chinese investments and entrepreneurs are pouring into the country.
A plan to allow Chinese officers to enforce mainland law in a Hong Kong rail terminal will undermine the city’s autonomy, opponents say...
The privately held conglomerate, which has gone on an overseas acquisition spree, sought to address concerns about its ownership structure.
Plans to transform Beijing and create a new nearby supercity may destroy celebrated wetlands — and erase the communities’ aquatic traditions.
Officials said Sun Zhengcai, fired this month as party secretary of the city of Chongqing, was suspected of “grave violations of discipline.”...
Several Chinese conglomerates are now so big, so complex and so indebted that the government is trying to bring them to heel.
The authorities call Shanxinhui a pyramid scheme, but defenders who stand to lose money if the company closes say they are victims of a government shakedown.
With a new funding round, the Southeast Asian ride-sharing company Grab is doubling down as Uber seeks new leadership.
The recent struggles of Apple, LinkedIn and Facebook show why the number of tech companies willing to have a try in China is dwindling.
The fall of Sun Zhengcai, a party secretary, is seen as a warning that President Xi Jinping will play succession politics by his own ruthless rules.
Young people are turning to Western astrology for celestial guidance on major life decisions: relationship advice, having babies and even hiring employees.
Chinese buyers spent far more than other foreign buyers in the U.S. residential real estate market.
If China truly wants to be a climate leader, it needs to address its global climate footprint.
In a statement about the pop singer, who has made headlines in the past, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture said, “It is not suitable to bring in badly behaved entertainers.”...
Some activists say the movement is now at its weakest point since the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
A new plan from the top of the Chinese government calls for the country to become a powerhouse in artificial intelligence in just over a decade.
Friends and family of Lee Ming-cheh, a rights advocate from Taiwan who disappeared into mainland custody in March, see parallels between him and Liu Xiaobo.
Cold pork noodles dressed in vinegar, from the East Village by way of Yunnan.
This week’s Australia Letter reflects on American policing and the case of Justine Damond, who was fatally shot Saturday by a Minneapolis police officer.
The big American bank is walking away for now because it said it was concerned about the HNA’s structure, ownership and complex model.
Myanmar’s opening had been considered an American victory, but Beijing is bringing it into its fold with money and diplomacy.
Overturning a $9.3 billion deal, Wanda will sell its theme parks to R&F Properties and its hotels to Sunac China Holdings, suggesting shakiness at China’s top firms.
For nearly 25 years, HNA Group, the Chinese conglomerate, has funneled business to a small group of relatives and associates of its senior executives.
Apple has established a position overseeing operations in China in a bid to restore sales momentum and navigate new regulations in the country.
Facebook’s last major consumer product in China was partly blocked as Beijing increases its grip on the internet.
A reader writes that his death in incarceration is a black mark on China’s human rights record.
Shares in the American cinema chain had fallen on fears that the huge loans accumulated by its parent, Dalian Wanda, were under scrutiny by the authorities.
The tech company’s new data center, which is now a regulatory requirement, will give Beijing access to troves of personal and industry secrets.
Etiquette can vary by destination: use the correct utensils, eat at the right hour and research tipping practices.
A meeting of more than 20 business leaders from the United States and China will focus on issues that trouble economic relations between the countries.
Professor de Bary, an authority in particular on Confucius, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.
Chinese internet users have used the bear to poke fun at President Xi Jinping, irking the ruling Communist Party.
Before it was blocked on the web by China’s censors, the document fed concern about the financial health of the conglomerate and caused its share price to drop.
A sweeping reconstruction project has wiped out dozens of the neighborhood shops and restaurants that give the capital a bit of its rakish charm.
Beijing released officially reported data that showed the economy expanding in the second quarter at 6.9 percent, virtually unchanged from the first quarter.
After Mr. Liu’s death, the number of keyword combinations that were blocked greatly increased, and images were automatically filtered in private chats, researchers said.
Across the country's cities, the rapid growth of mobile payments is making cash all but obsolete.
What began with a neighbors’ dust-up over household garbage in Fujian Province ends 20-some years later with a fatal shooting outside a Popeye’s in Sunset Park.
A suspect was arrested in the blaze at a two-story house used as a workers’ dormitory in Jiangsu Province.
A suspect was arrested in the blaze at a two-story house used as a workers’ dormitory in Jiangsu Province.
A group of lawyers and feminists is urging the Communist Party to promote more women to leadership positions at its congress this fall, but expectations are low.
Thieves seeking riches have hit a countryside filled with ancient burial sites as global demand for Chinese antiquities has surged.
The small, muted funeral was attended by his wife under official watch. Mr. Liu’s ashes were later dropped into the sea.
His death is a tragedy and an outrage — and a warning to his jailers.
Sunac China Holdings has emerged as one of the country’s most prominent white knights, but its debt load has more than doubled.
A court removing four lawmakers assures China greater influence over Hong Kong’s government at least until by-elections are held.
Three of the better-performing stock funds scored with picks as varied as well-known technology companies, micro-cap stocks and Asian innovators.
The notes by the Nobel Peace Prize recipient, written before he died under police guard in China, are to accompany photographs by his wife, Liu Xia, who has been under house arrest.
The Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner died on Thursday. He was 61.
Through creative means, Chinese internet users showed support for a prominent political prisoner.
He spoke of universal yearnings, but China’s leaders were afraid to listen.
Mr. Liu, who was convicted in 2009 of inciting subversion and sentenced to prison, was given medical parole recently to be treated for late-stage cancer.
Mr. Liu, who was convicted in 2009 of inciting subversion and sentenced to prison, was given medical parole recently to be treated for late-stage cancer.
The Chinese dissident didn’t let repression cloud his vision for a democratic China.
Liu Xiaobo died with dignity and honor, his principles intact. Everybody else, not so much.
His essays, many of which were banned in China, reveal a man who could be harshly critical of the Chinese authorities and institutions, but also, at times, of himself.
Foreign affairs specialists offer concrete proposals.
Hollywood executives rely on robust Chinese box office revenue to bolster their balance sheets, but recent ticket sales in China are not meeting those expectations.
Liu Xiaobo died with dignity and honor, his principles intact. Everybody else, not so much.
Beijing’s efforts to control its region are as much about political legitimacy at home as they are about its ambitions for geopolitical power.
The dissident was moved from prison to be treated for cancer last month, and his situation is now life threatening, his hospital in China says.
Spiritual leaders at Mao Mountain, a sacred Taoist site, emphasize a distinctly Chinese type of environmentalism. Christians, Buddhists and Muslims are embracing it, too.
The law requires companies to store Chinese users’ information in China, and Apple’s move suggests other foreign technology companies may have to do the same.
Anbang bought a retirement home chain despite United States questions about the Chinese company’s murky ownership. With its chairman detained, some officials are worried.
Admirers of the dissident, who has terminal cancer, say that Beijing wants to control him. “They don’t want him to be able to speak freely,” one said.
The China Investment Corporation said that the United States was impeding direct investment, but American lawmakers have urged greater scrutiny of Chinese deals.
The city’s critical institutions have been weakened by the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping’s meddling.
The Indian Navy also announced a plan to station warships to monitor movement through the Strait of Malacca, where many Chinese vessels enter from the South China Sea.
The arrest of Hua Haifeng in May led to weeks in detention under poor conditions and multiple interrogations, and he now faces trial.
The government offered little hope that Liu Xiaobo, the country’s most famous political prisoner, would be allowed to go abroad for treatment, as he has requested.
The Chinese conglomerate said it would sell $9.3 billion in hotels and tourism projects, and would use the cash to pay off loans.
A White House statement referred to President Xi Jinping as leader of the Republic of China — the formal name for Taiwan.
With each nuclear or missile test, North Korea, an otherwise weak country, is setting the terms of its diplomacy with China, an ally, and the United States, an enemy.
The doctors’ assessment renewed pressure on China to grant more liberties to Liu Xiaobo, who is serving an 11-year sentence after being convicted of state subversion.
He embodies democratic values better than the leaders of our democratic countries.
The visit, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China, is meant to signal the country’s growing military might.
Sanctions, diplomacy and threats have failed. How about regime change?...
Conversation starters and context, drawn from the day’s news in Australia.
The crackdown comes as the Chinese government works to stifle resistance among members of the ethnic group, who are mostly Sunni Muslim.
A committee is poised to vote on the designation sought by Beijing, but Tibet campaigners say it would harm nomads and the environment.
China has heightened its campaign to reduce Taiwan’s presence on the world stage, but President Tsai Ing-wen is trying to use the service to overcome that isolation.
Chinese cinemas have been ordered to play Communist Party videos, which feature Jackie Chan and other A-list Chinese celebrities, before every screening.
President Xi Jinping will go to the G-20 meeting on Friday after a state visit in Germany, which Beijing sees as the key to Europe and free trade.
The president said Beijing was not doing enough about North Korea’s nuclear program, and suggested that he was taking a new look at trade with China.
Liu Xiaobo, sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 for “inciting subversion of state power,” was granted parole to move from prison to a hospital in late June.
Mr. Trump is learning he can’t rely on China alone. Eventually the United States will have to negotiate directly.
Thirty-two people from an investment company that backed the enterprise were arrested on suspicion of illegal fund-raising, effectively killing the project.
It is the latest setback for Jia Yueting, the chairman of the technology company LeEco, after one of its affiliates missed loan payments.
The president’s warning, after a series of tough measures aimed at China, shows how he and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, are reassessing their approach to each other.
Liu Xiaobo, the country’s most famous dissident, wants to spend his last days in freedom. This Fourth of July, Donald Trump should demand it.
China has asserted itself as a global climate leader even as Chinese companies are planning to build half of all new coal plants at home and overseas.
The Chinese president warned against challenging Beijing’s rule, a jarring contrast with protests later in the day.
Pro-democracy and pro-Beijing demonstrations took place in Hong Kong amid a visit by President Xi Jinping of China. Saturday was the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China.
At a time when few Chinese investors want to take a risk on Russia, a new casino in a forest, 4,000 miles east of Moscow, beckons deep-pocketed Asians.
The president pressed South Korea on trade and made moves that angered China, posing a test of whether he can keep campaign promises while also cooperating on security.
Joshua Wong, the face of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong three years ago, led a group of young protesters during the visit of President Xi Jinping.
Beijing responded furiously after Washington announced an arms sale to Taiwan and sanctions on a Chinese company and bank over illicit dealings with North Korea.
American panel makers say below-cost sales by Chinese companies are ruining business. If tariffs result, installers and homeowners may suffer instead.
Hong Kong, beware: Ancient history provides ominous examples of China subjugating rebellious peoples on its periphery.
Twenty years after the handover from British rule, people born in Chinese Hong Kong have an increasing voice in its future.
American officials say they will still honor the “One China” policy with Beijing. But the honeymoon between President Trump and President Xi Jinping appears to be over.
Crops are wilting, farmers and herders are desperate for water and economic losses are estimated to be at least $780 million so far.
This is a Chinese territory, and we Hong Kongers have to live by Beijing’s rules.
Laws sought by Trump administration officials and some politicians would overhaul how the United States vets deals, especially ones with technological and military ramifications.
The sanctions on a Chinese bank, a company and two citizens follow the death of Otto Warmbier, a U.S. student who was imprisoned by North Korea.
President Xi Jinping of China is in Hong Kong for ceremonies marking the anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule.
When the British left 20 years ago, Hong Kong was seen as a rare blend of East and West that China might seek to emulate. Now, increasingly, it’s a cautionary tale.
The Chinese authorities rebuffed an appeal from the wife of Mr. Liu, the imprisoned dissident who was granted medical parole, one of his lawyers said Thursday.
President Xi Jinping’s appearance this week, his first to the city as president, comes nearly three years after pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets.
The latest strike, which affected computers from Ukraine to the United States, has intensified worries that such events will become everyday dangers.
Their release on bail means the three men have been thrust into China’s labyrinthine criminal justice system, rather than having been quietly detained for a few days.
The president doesn’t look like a savvy negotiator to Asia-Pacific business and political leaders.
The Nobel Peace laureate, who helped write a petition for a more democratic China but was sidelined while in prison, has been paroled for cancer treatment.
China, seeing the U.S.-India relationship as the greatest threat to its effort to carve out a “Sinocentric Asia,” is sending a message, analysts say.
The display of warmth between President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at least partly aimed at China, which has disappointed Mr. Trump in recent weeks.
The Chinese official warned the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, against “unilateral rules” but didn’t say how his country might lower its own trade barriers.
The exiled tycoon Guo Wengui has riled the Communist Party with claims against the top leaders. But he has also divided the party’s opponents in China and abroad.
Conversation starters and context, drawn from the day’s news in Australia.