Apr 16, 2015

While U.S.-Iran relations are taking up all the oxygen in the room these days, and they’re vitally important for the future of the Middle East, U.S.-China rela

Mar 21, 2015

The Obama administration, to its embarrassment, has been spurned by Western allies flocking to a China-led Asian development bank, defying White House pleas to

Mar 19, 2015

Is a 99.9 percent conviction rate something to be proud of, or a sign of a deeply flawed justice system? In China, where only 825 of the 1.16 million people who

Mar 05, 2015

When an estimated 50,000 ethnic Kokang civilians poured into southwest China last month to escape fighting between the Myanmar Army and Kokang rebels, Beijing c

Feb 13, 2015

Arriving at the new international airport here last month, I felt like I had gotten on the wrong connecting flight and ended up in Shanghai. Instead of the smel

Feb 13, 2015

Festooned with red lanterns and banners bearing auspicious messages, the ornate façade of the 19th-century Thian Hock Keng temple in downtown Singapore seems e

Feb 06, 2015

While on a state visit to China, Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner tweeted: “More than 1000 attendees at the event…are they all from “La

Jan 29, 2015

After years of near misses and unfulfilled promises, President Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India appear to have set relations between their democr

Jan 21, 2015

The Olympic spirit has come to this: Two authoritarian countries are vying to host the 2022 Winter Games, competing to endure a huge financial strain for the be

Jan 16, 2015

North Korea thrust itself back into the international limelight with its recent hacking of Sony Pictures. As always, however, the gravest danger from North Kore