China’s approach to keep Covid-19 at bay has helped restore confidence and allowed businesses to reopen. But it is a strategy steeped in authoritarianism.
The Communist Party’s Central Committee endorsed an ambitious policy program that looks far beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
China’s leader emerged from a key Communist Party meeting newly emboldened, outlining a road map for the country for years to come. Some have warned of overreach.
Competing for influence in the region with China, the United States will for the first time have an embassy in the tiny nation of islands off the shore of India.
Law enforcement officials said the suspects hired private investigators to locate the expatriates and then stalked, surveilled and threatened them.
In a positive but highly unscientific sign for the president, orders for his campaign materials outpace those for his rival’s at a major market for banners, caps and other souvenirs.
A lawsuit brought by a student is part of an effort to get schools, editors and publishers to recognize that being gay is not a mental disorder.
How two apps created new kinds of commerce in China, and what a cashless future might look like.
The Chinese fintech firm is set to break I.P.O. records.
Hace un año, era uno de los jugadores mejor pagados de la Liga Premier. Ahora, después de enfurecer a China y rechazar un recorte salarial, simplemente ha desaparecido.
The tech giant, which is preparing for a mega I.P.O., has transformed personal finance in China. Regulators have taken notice.
The tech giant’s coming share sale will be among the largest ever. But the company has made most of its impact in just one country: China.
The Alibaba online finance spinoff, which offers people in China a one-stop shop for loans, investments and more, will list shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The pandemic has worsened longstanding conditions that have widened inequality, hindering Xi Jinping’s vow to “leave no one behind.”
A year ago, he was one of the Premier League’s highest-paid players. Now, after angering China and refusing a pay cut, he has simply vanished.
Since 2016, the Falun Gong-backed newspaper has used aggressive Facebook tactics and right-wing misinformation to create an anti-China, pro-Trump media empire.
China calls them “violent criminals.” Asylum seekers from Hong Kong are the latest catalyst for deteriorating relations between Beijing and Western countries.
China is commemorating the war with a barrage of nationalistic propaganda. “They smashed the myth that the American military was invincible,” China’s leader said.
I lived at the same address throughout my American childhood, but neither of my Chinese-born parents could say exactly where they were from.
The battered Chinese giant won’t say how many of its new handsets it can produce. U.S. restrictions may have curtailed access to essential components.
The agreement calls for China to formally recognize the pope’s authority within the church, while the Vatican in turn recognized the legitimacy of bishops previously appointed by Beijing.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said officials continued to investigate the episodes, which began in 2016, but diplomats and C.I.A. officers have accused the administration of a cover-up.
As he raises questions about his opponent’s standing with China, President Trump’s taxes reveal details about his own activities there, including a previously unknown bank account.
After months of tension that turned violent at times, the release signaled a respite in a dispute that has led to a buildup of forces along the disputed mountainous border.
A former fund-raiser for President Trump admitted to a role in a covert campaign to influence the administration on behalf of Chinese and Malaysian interests.
After sheltering a prominent dissident, Yang Bin, a former prosecutor, is now under the scrutiny of the police. But she has no regrets.
Los funcionarios estadounidenses que sufrieron lesiones en China, Cuba y Rusia dicen que las agencias estadounidenses están ocultando el verdadero alcance de los episodios, dejando a los colegas vulnerables ante acciones hostiles en el extranjero.
American officials in China, Cuba and Russia say U.S. agencies are concealing the true extent of the episodes, leaving colleagues vulnerable to hostile actions abroad.
But in a sign of a possible thaw, the Indian Army said it would quickly free him.
Two mainland diplomats attended an event, uninvited, and took offense at symbols of Taiwan — including a flag on a cake. A scuffle ensued.
Exports jumped and local governments engaged in a binge of debt-fueled construction projects. Even consumer spending is finally recovering.
American officials said China had insisted that the Justice Department not proceed with cases against the arrested scholars, who are in the Chinese military and face charges of visa fraud.
With negotiations for a five-year extension stalled, the Russian president’s proposal puts pressure on President Trump to salvage an Obama-era accord.
The growing power and profile of the Chinese government’s liaison office has brought the party’s playbook into the open.
The assault was an escalation of violence in the resource-rich province of Baluchistan, which has become a nexus of Chinese development projects and heavy security crackdowns.
The carnivores likely crossed the Bering Land Bridge into Asia.
The president’s demands to draw down forces in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria seek to fulfill a campaign promise. But officials warn rapid troop reductions could bolster adversaries.
In “Blockchain Chicken Farm,” Xiaowei Wang documents how technology is transforming the lives of China’s rural poor.
Eighty years ago, the United States made a tragic decision to pursue global supremacy. The project has outlived its purpose.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, speaking in the early trading center of Shenzhen, emphasized domestic innovation amid tensions with the United States.
With a different leader, the United States could have contained the coronavirus.
The publication is the second in a series, from a team led by a Chinese scientist, that has been widely discredited by experts.
The world finance group warns that the crisis is “far from over” and that uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic remains.
Samsung and Fila distanced themselves from the K-pop band, becoming the latest example of multinational companies deferring to Chinese patriotic sentiment.
The Trump administration’s moves to decouple the two economies means less leverage over Beijing’s green policies.
Con su profunda alteración de nuestras vidas cotidianas, el coronavirus ha subrayado la profunda desigualdad que existe en el diseño de nuestras metrópolis. Es momento de cambiar la arquitectura de las ciudades.
Una fascinación de décadas con el muy querido plato de Sichuan inspira la investigación y, finalmente, un poco de experimentación.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest movie, which recently won him the award for best director at the Venice Film Festival, is a thriller animated by the ghosts of Japan’s ghastly wartime experiments.
The arrests appeared intended to deter others from helping antigovernment protesters flee the Chinese territory, where Beijing’s grip is tightening.
Charles M. Lieber, the chair of Harvard’s chemistry department, claimed in the lawsuit that the university turned its back on a “dedicated faculty member.”
Federal authorities accused him of conspiring to violate lobbying laws in his unsuccessful efforts to resolve an investigation into the embezzlement of the Malaysian investment fund 1MDB.
An annual assessment that a whistle-blower said was withheld for months did not hold back on the threat from violent extremists and tagged Russia as the primary source of disinformation.
The sharpest rise in negative views was in Australia, while unfavorable opinions jumped in the United States and Europe, a Pew survey found.
The American diplomat’s willingness to meet with allies in Asia, despite the crisis embroiling the White House, speaks to fears of China’s rise.
Robert E. Lighthizer, President Trump’s trade negotiator, has cautioned against actions that could anger Beijing in an attempt to preserve the U.S.-China trade deal.
Robert E. Lighthizer, President Trump’s trade negotiator, has cautioned against actions that could anger Beijing in an attempt to preserve the U.S.-China trade deal.
As the United States and Taiwan draw closer, state propaganda is sending the message that China will go to war if necessary.
A decades-long fascination with the much-loved Sichuan dish inspires research — and eventually a little experimentation.
China does whatever it can to thrive economically, putting freedom and prosperity at risk for the rest of the world.
The app has reshaped the experience of Chinese-Americans for the better, but also spreads misinformation and government propaganda.
India’s border dispute with China has accelerated its relations with the United States. Others worry that warming ties ignore India’s persecution of Muslims.
Tesla reported record deliveries in the third quarter as growing interest in electric vehicles and other cars boosted sales across the industry.
Trump administration officials claim the Chinese-owned app presents a security risk to American users.
Thousands of religious sites in Xinjiang have been destroyed, a new analysis suggests, part of China’s drive to erode the region’s heritage.
Some countries slammed their doors. It worked — until they let outsiders back in.
William Stevenson was one of the first foreign correspondents to visit the People’s Republic of China. Decades later, despite its transformation, I recognize the same country.
China and India are locked in a tense, deadly struggle for advantage on their disputed mountain border.
As the pandemic rages, the world is still far from getting global warming under control.
These charts show the pandemic’s trajectory in each nation. New cases appear to be leveling off in some places, but they may still be far from a slowdown.
Some metros in the U.S. could have worse outbreaks than those in Italy’s Lombardy region or in Wuhan, China.
These charts show the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic in each country. New cases have dwindled in China and South Korea, but the virus continues to spread rapidly in most of the world.
A satellite that detects pollution from human activity shows how the coronavirus is shutting down whole countries.
The virus has infected more than 29,855,400 people and has been detected in nearly every country.