Analysts warn that Beijing is gaining leverage in Myanmar, backing the junta and no longer actively urging the regime to return the country to its democratic transition. This doesn't come without risks, however.
Haiti recognizes Taiwan as China’s rightful government, and has done so since 1956. Its alliance with Taiwan — one of just 13 sovereign states that maintain official diplomatic relations with Taipei instead of Beijing — makes it a pawn in a much-larger political game.
A conversation with Chun Han Wong, author of the new book “Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future,” about life, business, and journalism in Xi’s China.
Xi Jinping receives Mao-style adulation in the media and he is unquestionably the boss of everything in China. But there’s still one honor that eludes him.
What a difference one day made. On November 15, 2012, Hu Jintao’s face was on the cover of every Chinese newspaper; the next day, Hu was gone from the front pages, and the face of Xi Jinping was (almost) everywhere.
Historian David Ownby talks about his trove of translations of writings by mainstream Chinese intellectuals, and his recent trip to China.
Scholars and activists say that efforts in Europe and America to combat forced labor in China are not enough.
A new Taiwanese political drama called “Wavemakers” has inspired victims of sexual harassment to come forward about their experiences, leading to a "MeToo moment" that has roiled the island's ruling political party.
At the heart of the relationship between the People's Republic of China and the Democratic Republic of Congo is money — but a series of one-sided deals favoring China in the past may have the Congolese more cautious when it comes to negotiating (and renegotiating) deals in the future.