Jan 21, 2015

What a difference six years makes. China’s Premier Li Keqiang lands in Davos this week, leading the most high-level Chinese delegation to the annual Swiss retr

Jan 21, 2015

By the time a government releases gross domestic product numbers, they’re ancient history. That proved true again today, after China announced its economy had

Jan 13, 2015

Rare earths aren’t the world’s sexiest commodity. The 17 elements are notoriously difficult to extract from the ground and have brazenly obscure names. (Don

Jan 09, 2015

Halfway through a decade in which China set out to rebalance its economy, it is poised to drastically enlarge its role in the world. Let me explain why. Back at

Jan 09, 2015

For Hong Kong’s student protesters, 2015 is off to a dismal start. They’d hoped that months-long demonstrations would lead to greater openness and dialogue wi

Jan 08, 2015

For China and India, 2015 should be a pivotal year. Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have for months been making grand

Jan 06, 2015

There’s still no definitive explanation of what caused last night’s New Year’s Eve stampede that left at least 36 dead and 47 injured. Perhaps, as some have

Dec 20, 2014

Hawks in Washington like to warn about China’s military buildup. They should be encouraged by Beijing’s emerging financial drawdown. China trimmed its mammoth

Dec 18, 2014

Perhaps the biggest unanswered question hovering over each round of international climate change talks is whether China can be trusted to abide by any carbon re

Dec 17, 2014

For a long time now, multilateral negotiations about climate change have been no match for climate change. The United Nations conference in Lima followed that t