Earlier this month, after a year of debate, China finally unveiled its green goals for the next five years. On March 5, premier Wen Jiabao presented his “gover

The skyline of this city — what little there is of it — is a Chinese creation. Chinese money built the Parliament building. A $100 million, Chinese-funded hot

Clean energy and climate protection are integral to China’s economic future, according to the Twelfth Five-Year Plan finalized on March 14. In just five years

The Chinese government has decided to build 10 million apartments every year in the following three years to meet the demand of those who cannot afford the mark

China is at war. It is not invading armies but expanding deserts that threaten its territory. As old deserts grow, as new ones form and as more and more irrigat

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the U.S.-China relationship should be brimming with good will.  By that standard, 2010 was a celebration o

The 12th Five Year Plan has rightly focused on transformation of China’s mode of economic development as top priority in the years ahead. However, without further reform of the economic system and government dependence on particular industries and interest groups, it will be very difficult to swing the focus to innovation and insure the long run of sustainable economic development.

Given the important transition of leadership that looms on the political horizon next year, perhaps Beijing’s elite believes it can leave nothing in the political sphere to chance. After all, historically, visible divisions in the leadership can lead to tests of tolerance of dissent in the streets.

China’s five-year work plan is striking for several reasons: the high degree of continuity from five years ago, the push by Beijing for Chinese companies to assert themselves globally, the strong hand of the state in areas of the economy considered integral to social stability, and the potential for serious debate over several of the redistributive aspects of the plan.

China, the planet's most populous country and home to one of its most dynamic economies, is in most respects a world away from the smaller, less influential