Articles
The Golden Age
The global energy picture used to be simple. There were producers (oil giants like Saudi Arabia and natural gas titans like Russia), and they sold to consumers...
Open Up
CHINA Microblogging Pushes the Envelope China's state-controlled news outlets, which compete fiercely for stories and revenue, are starting to push back in a...
China’s ‘Security Dilemma’ Risks Arms Race in Asia
TOKYO – A shooting war with China may not be inevitable, but a dangerous arms escalation seems a dead certainty. That’s the take from a rare public discussion...
For China, Economic Growth Doesn’t Always Equal Happiness
When Bo Xilai, the rising Chinese Communist Party official who was purged in March, gave his last public comments before disappearing into detention, he was...
0.3%
The fraction by which imports to China increased in April. The expected growth rate was 11%. The drop is a sign, the New York Times says, that ”the Chinese...
Photo Essays
Cartier-Bresson: ‘Red China’ in Color, 1958
In 1958, LIFE sent Henri Cartier-Bresson on a four-month, 7,000-mile tour through communist China during that country's convulsive "great leap forward." Here,...
Year of the Dragon: China Prepares for Lunar New Year
China prepares for the lunar New Year, set to fall on Jan. 23, 2012
Time.com Specials
China's Century -- or India's?
With so many of the world's economies in tatters, the combined might of China and India could spearhead global growth in the coming decades. Are they up to the...
Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs
China's industrious electronics pirates are trying to beat Apple at its own game again by rushing out a copycat 4G iPhone before the real thing even hits the...
Articles from Around the Web
Anselm Kiefer:' This Tristesse Is not Just Mine'
Anselm Kiefer has painted Mao throughout this career, but until this week, when his solo show opened at White Cube in Hong Kong, his work had never shown in Greater China. ...
In China, English teaching is a whites- only club
Well, you're probably qualified to be an English-language instructor in China. As long as you are white, that is. NBC's Brittany Tom reports. ...
Chinese Activist Says Some Progress Is Made
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said he has made some progress in his effort to leave China for the U.S., but continued to question the treatment of a family member. ...
China Foreign Investment Falls Again
Foreign direct investment into China fell for the sixth straight month in April, the latest sign of trouble for the world's second-largest economy. ...
