East Asia
China's ballooning military budget: Should America worry?
Posted on March 5, 2012, at 2:32 PMThe world's most populous nation boosts its defense spending, raising concerns that it's building the 'biggest, baddest' army in Asia
North Korea: Nuclear rogue no more?
Posted on February 29, 2012, at 6:10 PMPyongyang promises to rein in its nuclear program if the U.S. sends food, offering a faint hope that Kim Jong Un will lead his nation in a peaceful new direction
Is China heading toward an economic crisis?
Posted on February 28, 2012, at 12:42 PMA new World Bank report warns that China must drastically overhaul the way it does business — or risk financial catastrophe
Daniel Larison: The problem with political bloviating on China
Posted on February 21, 2012, at 5:25 PMU.S. presidential candidates love to harp on the world's most populous nation. But once they're in office, they quickly start singing a different tune
Hacked: How China is stealing America's business secrets
Posted on February 16, 2012, at 3:52 PMSen. John Kerry is fed up with China's penchant for looting technology from U.S. businesses — up to $400 billion worth of data each year. When will it stop?
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Yunte Huang: Why Republicans should lay off China
Posted on February 15, 2012, at 6:15 PMPete Hoekstra sparked a media firestorm with his racist "yellowgirl" ad. Sadly, he's hardly the only Republican trafficking in xenophobic Beijing-bashing
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Xi Jinping: The 'mystery man' in line to lead China
Posted on February 15, 2012, at 10:32 AMAmerica is getting an introduction this week to the Chinese vice president, who is being groomed as the booming nation's next leader. A guide to Beijing's future boss
China's economic growing pains
Posted on February 10, 2012, at 10:50 AMThe world's most populous nation is finding that its economic prosperity comes with a price: Inequality, social division, and political unrest
China's 'Year of the Dragon' baby boom: A guide
Posted on January 24, 2012, at 5:37 PMThe Chinese new year just began this week, but the rush to have babies under the culture's luckiest zodiac sign has been underway for months
Is China really on the verge of surpassing the U.S.?
Posted on January 24, 2012, at 10:48 AMMany businessmen believe American hegemony is doomed by China's muscular manufacturing sector. Not so fast, critics say
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Why Apple builds iPhones (and everything else) in China
Posted on January 23, 2012, at 12:07 PMPresident Obama reportedly once asked Steve Jobs what it would take to make iPhones in the U.S. Jobs' response wasn't encouraging...
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The $1.2 million Rolls-Royce that's selling out in China
Posted on January 12, 2012, at 10:29 AMNeed more evidence that China has its blinker on to pass us? Beijing and Shanghai now buy more Rolls-Royces than Beverly Hills and London
China's 'amazing' construction of a 30-story building in 360 hours
Posted on January 10, 2012, at 10:06 AMA Chinese construction company just built a super-sturdy, super-efficient hotel — and it did so super cheaply and super fast. Is this the future of skyscrapers?
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China vs. Harry Potter
Posted on January 5, 2012, at 10:22 AMChinese leaders want to crank out more cultural fare to counter the influence of foreign films. But can Beijing really force-feed its citizens officially sanctioned art?
China's mysterious, 'bewildering' Octomom
Posted on January 2, 2012, at 12:19 PMIn a country where couples are prohibited from having more than one child, an unnamed woman with eight babies is causing quite a stir
Kim Jong Il's funeral procession: A 'show of stability'?
Posted on December 28, 2011, at 1:17 PMA meticulously choreographed motorcade in honor of the late dictator presents his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, as North Korea's new leader
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