China's leaders seem to realize their two-faced dilemma, and Hong Kong’s No. 2 official, Carrie Lam, is supposed to lead negotiations over these details. What might a compromise look like, asks Steven Hill.

When Hong Kong reverted to China in 1997, western pundits predicted doom and gloom for the future of Hong Kong and they couldn’t be more off target. The same gaggle of pundits and analysts are now attempting to make sense of Occupy Central movement taking place in Hong Kong and as usual their interpretations are suspect.

Mongkok , the best place for visitors and shoppers in Hong Kong. Today, it no longer serves as a shopping heaven; it has become the battlefield for politicians with different ideologies and point of views.

The SARS crisis strengthened China’s capability to handle major disease outbreaks. Yanzhong Huang calls on the international community to support West Africa through aid and workers, but also warns that nations must internally build sustainable health institutions and capacity to handle future crises.

As the anti-corruption drive cuts through China’s officialdom, dealing fatal blows to both “tigers and flies” at both the higher and grassroots levels, there is a rising demand for institutional reform in managing officials, writes Qin Xiaoying.

It is therefore time for the people of Hong Kong, regardless of their political persuasion, to put aside their differences and work together to make the election of the CE of the HKSAR by universal suffrage a reality in 2017, write Lawrence J. Lau and Ayesha Macpherson Lau.

The stark juxtaposition of the last three decades of China's public health -- an era of starvation for 45 million people to now 46 million obese people -- makes for a challenging public health issue. Tom Watkins explores how the United States and China must collaborate to address the health needs of their nations.

Curtis S. Chin, former U.S. Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, describes how fighting corruption differs in China and the United States while examining Chinese President Xi Jinping’s push to rid the Communist Party of corruption.

After visiting China’s tourist hot spots, Doug Bandow explores how China’s history of subjugation under Western forces continues to shape the outlook of Chinese citizens and affects everything from the country’s foreign policy to the resurgence of nationalism.

After China’s legislature ruled out open nominations ahead of the landmark Hong Kong Chief Executive election of 2017, Stephen Harner examines the deeply held cultural differences between the United States and China that are contributing to discord on the issue of universal suffrage.