China Is Creating an Unprecedented ‘Security State’ in Xinjiang
A scholar suggests Beijing is heightening its suppression of the Uyghur ethnic minority. By Massoud Hayoun Chinese soldiers…
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This ‘Great Wall’ Is an International Collaboration
Though Matt Damon stars, the Song Dynasty-set fantasy demonstrates China’s new might as a producer and distributor of…
Will China Benefit From Trump’s Testy Call With Australia’s Prime Minister?
An icier relationship between the United States and Australia could push the land down under closer to its…
Weighing War Over Taiwan in a Time of Trump
Trump’s new administration is already effecting bold changes in Washington’s traditionally artful balance between Beijing and Taipei.
What China’s New Five-Year Plan Means for Global Warming
China is the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter—and right now, Beijing is taking climate much more seriously than Washington is.
No Country for Old Men or Women
The story of China’s one-child policy—and why its reversal comes too late.
Country of Old
Why China changed its one-child policy—and why it did so too late to help its rapidly graying population.
At COP21, a Victory for 1.5 Degrees?
Major powers make a major concession on their stated climate targets. Given the money and the science, that concession remains largely rhetorical.
A World Tour of Dishonesty
A new survey finds a connection between honesty and economic growth—and how wrong our expectations about other countries' trustworthiness are.
At Paris, the United States Finally Has a Chance to Be a Climate Hero
President Obama's handling of the Keystone Pipeline is just the latest in a series of moves by the administration that position America to lead negotiations—in spite of domestic denialism.