Nov 04, 2015

President Xi Jinping of China, and the leader of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, will meet on Saturday in Singapore, the first such meeting since the Chinese Communist revolution of 1949 and the retreat of the Chinese nationalists across the Taiwan Strait.

Oct 22, 2015

China hosted a visit this week to its sole aircraft carrier by senior U.S. Navy officers amid tensions over reported plans by Washington to challenge Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Sep 25, 2015

President Xi Jinping of Chinawill make a landmark commitment on Friday to start a national program in 2017 that will limit and put a price on greenhouse gas emissions, Obama administration officials said Thursday.

Sep 16, 2015

A question from a member of the Pentagon’s newcyberwarfare unit the other day prompted President Obama to voice his frustration about America’s seeming inability to deter a growing wave of computer attacks, and to vow to confront the increasingly aggressive adversaries who are perpetrating them.

Sep 09, 2015

China’s industrial slowdown is showing signs of worsening, as the country’s trade slump deepened further in August in the face of weaker demand from overseas buyers.

Aug 19, 2015

Mainland Chinese stock markets unexpectedly slumped again on Tuesday, with the primary index for the Shanghai market plunging by 6.2 percent. The stock sell-off was the steepest since an 8.5 percent decline in Shanghai on July 27, which was the market's biggest daily drop in eight years.

Aug 12, 2015

The central bank set the official value of the renminbi nearly 2 percent weaker against the dollar. The devaluation is the largest since China's modern exchange-rate system was introduced at the start of 1994. China's abrupt devaluation is the clearest sign yet of mounting concern in Beijing that the country could fall short of its goal of roughly 7 percent economic growth this year.

Jun 19, 2015

While international human rights groups often protest China’s attempts to restrict freedoms of its people, foreign businesses, with profits on the line, have t

Jun 16, 2015

Something strange is going on in the Chinese stock market. Even as the country’s economy has slowed, stocks have surged about 147 percent in the last 12 months

Jun 16, 2015

The debate over how Hong Kong’s leader should be elected in 2017 has flared up again. Later this week the local legislature is expected to vote on a controvers