Apr 23, 2015

China’s stock frenzy has calmed at least momentarily, with the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets roughly even in the two trading days since regulators this weekend

Apr 18, 2015

The Chinese economy continues to slow, as first-quarter figures released Wednesday show. Yet stock prices are soaring. The Shanghai market’s main index rose 2.

Apr 17, 2015

Chinese authorities last month arrested five Chinese women who were planning a campaign against sexual harassment on public transportation. Amid an internationa

Apr 15, 2015

Last month, in his annual report to China’s legislature, Premier Li Keqiang set the target for 2015 growth at just 7%—the slowest rate in 25 years. But Mr. Li

Mar 21, 2015

The Obama Administration has advertised that by using “smart power” it would enhance U.S. influence around the world. So it’s worth noting an episode in whic

Mar 12, 2015

Citizens of modern democracies often take for granted the muckraking journalism that goes along with a free press. Yet for most Chinese such reporting is new an

Mar 10, 2015

On Thursday, the National People’s Congress convened in Beijing in what has become a familiar annual ritual. Some 3,000 “elected” delegates from all over the

Mar 04, 2015

Dramatic new satellite imagery demonstrating China’s efforts to reclaim land and construct facilities in the South China Sea has prompted concern among policy

Feb 27, 2015

U.S. stock-market regulators say they promote transparency and fair play, but this month the Securities and Exchange Commission quietly carved out a China-size

Feb 25, 2015

American protectionists have long insisted that a fundamentally undervalued yuan is to blame for the large U.S. bilateral trade deficit with China. They call on