Jun 03, 2016

The U.S. and China, facing mounting political pressures at home, are seeing economic tensions flare to their worst point in years over currency and trade practices.

Apr 18, 2016

Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei sat down with The Wall Street Journal in Washington on the sidelines of a Group of 20 gathering of finance chiefs that he co-chaired.

Apr 15, 2016

The U.S. will start stationing warplanes in the Philippines this week as the vanguard of a major deployment to the Southeast Asian country as Washington and its allies mount a coordinated response to Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea.

Apr 01, 2016

China’s central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the government will make efforts to expand the use of the International Monetary Fund’s basket of reserve currencies in its domestic economy.

Mar 07, 2016

China’s leaders made clear they are emphasizing growth over restructuring this year, but suggested they are trying to avoid inflating debt or asset bubbles as they send massive amounts of money coursing through the economy.

Mar 02, 2016

Commitments by China and other major economies over the weekend have lowered the threat of currency depreciations that could fuel global market turmoil, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Tuesday.

Feb 29, 2016

A vice governor of China’s central bank said the authorities have full confidence in yuan’s fundamentals and the nation’s capital outflows will slow down, reiterating recent rhetoric to soothe market concerns about the domestic currency.

Jan 21, 2016

Amid the gloom hanging over China, a senior adviser to Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a rare defense of the country’s economy, saying Beijing has strong leadership to continue its effort to remake the country’s growth model while pledging not to launch massive stimulus to revive growth

Jan 06, 2016

North Korea said Wednesday that it successfully staged its first test of a more powerful form of a nuclear weapon, expanding the U.S.’s foreign-policy challenges and highlighting the limits of China’s ability to rein in its volatile ally.

Dec 28, 2015

The budget approved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet increases military spending to a record level, reflecting Mr. Abe’s desire to bolster the defense of outlying islands that are at the heart of a territorial dispute with China.