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BEIJING — The pollution in this city has been making headlines for years, but when the smog clears it makes way for one of the most striking skylines in the world. Ov...
Matt Sheehan writes and consults on topics connecting China and California. He worked as the China correspondent for The WorldPost from 2014 to 2016, and lived in the c...
Chinese netizens and state press reacted this week with ridicule, scorn and a good dose of disbelief to charges by U.S. Department of Justice officials that five member...
SAN FRANCISCO — Known for its tech prowess and liberal politics, San Francisco is hoping to claim a new mantle: North America’s first offshore hub for trading in Ch...
Why is everyone talking about Alibaba? Because this private Chinese e-commerce company filed paperwork on Tuesday to begin selling stock to the public on the New York S...
Eric X. Li is a venture capitalist, political scientist and frequent commentator on China’s growing economic and military influence. In a provocative TED Talk and sev...
Days after the Chinese government banned “The Big Bang Theory” from video streaming sites, it appears to be offering a mangled olive branch to outraged fans: state ...
Officials from the western Chinese city of Lanzhou revealed on Saturday that leaks from a state-run oil company’s pipes were behind a massive carcinogenic contaminati...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is spending much of this week attempting to build bridges with China’s military establishment in Beijing, but Chinese netizens g...
Chinese tech companies have splurged on major acquisitions of U.S. high tech firms in the first quarter of 2014, spending big bucks in pursuit of the markets, technolog...
SAN FRANCISCO — Fifteen minutes before the first show of its American tour, China’s biggest indie rock band, Carsick Cars, has one fan and a broken amp. The show is...
Few individuals or institutions have the power to truly move markets like Warren Buffett and the Chinese government. When the two forces converged in 2008 to back Chine...
Beijing is a city with a public relations problem. It’s plagued by all manner of 21st-century urban maladies: clogged streets, packed public transit, an astounding we...
As Michelle Obama began her much-anticipated visit to China on Thursday, Chinese netizens reacted with giddiness at the impending “fashion showdown” with her Chines...
In the aftermath of Crimea’s controversial referendum and overwhelming vote to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia, Chinese diplomats found themselves facing a dilemma: t...
