October 01, 2012
At a time when Japan and China are embroiled in diplomatic tensions over the Senkaku Islands, a Japanese man wants his good friend, Chinese President Hu Jintao, to remember a pledge they made together in 1984.
October 01, 2012
BOSTON--The Harvard-educated son of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai defended his father against charges of taking bribes and having improper sexual relationships, saying he believed in his father's good character.
September 30, 2012
SHANGHAI--The pre-holiday procession of Chinese entrepreneurs bearing gifts for the officials who hold sway over their businesses highlights the ubiquity of corruption in China and the difficulty the government will have in stamping it out.
September 30, 2012
BEIJING--If any anime character can transcend political boundaries, it's the beloved futuristic robotic cat Doraemon that can make Chinese smile over a Japanese import.
September 29, 2012
BEIJING--Harsh disciplinary measures leveled against Bo Xilai represent a bid by the Communist Party leadership to stem further erosion of its prestige, and make it difficult for Bo supporters to resist his removal.
September 29, 2012
This is the 4th installment in a series of articles to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.
September 29, 2012
Realizing it could not allow China to monopolize international discourse on the Senkaku Islands territorial dispute, the government has changed course and begun to aggressively speak out on Japan's legitimate sovereignty over the uninhabited islands.
September 29, 2012
NEW YORK--Japan has rejected as legally invalid a maritime chart China submitted to the United Nations in a bid to support its case for sovereignty over the disputed Senkaku Islands.
September 29, 2012
NEW YORK--The Obama administration on Sept. 28 pressed U.S. allies Japan and South Korea to continue their cooperation on North Korea and other key issues, despite a dispute over a contested islet, and also urged Tokyo and Beijing to make serious diplomatic efforts on an even sharper dispute over maritime borders.
September 29, 2012
BEIJING -- China's ruling Communist Party accused disgraced politician Bo Xilai of abusing power, taking huge bribes and other crimes on Sept. 28, sealing the fate of a controversial leader whose fall shook a leadership handover due at a congress from Nov. 8.
September 28, 2012
UNITED NATIONS -- China and Japan traded angry accusations in a late-night spat over a small group of islands in the East China Sea that both claim.
September 28, 2012
BEIJING -- China's ruling Communist Party on Sept. 28 expelled disgraced senior politician Bo Xilai from top party positions and said it would hand him over for criminal investigation accused of multiples crimes, opening a new phase in a scandal that has shaken a leadership succession.
September 28, 2012
Chinese citizens are torn between two images of Japan: one, the former imperialist aggressor; the other, a peaceful, highly developed democracy offering world-class education, technology and entertainment.
September 28, 2012
BEIJING—When Japan-China relations deteriorated in 2005, Yohei Kono and other Japanese leaders stepped up to help calm the situation.
September 28, 2012
This is the 2nd installment in a series of articles to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.
September 28, 2012
This is the 3rd installment in a series of articles to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.
September 28, 2012
Editor's note: This is the eighth in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
September 28, 2012
BEIJING--A festering territorial dispute between China and Japan has derailed talks for a free trade zone involving the two countries and South Korea, an adviser to China's central bank said on Sept. 27.
September 28, 2012
NEW YORK--U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sept. 27 urged China and Japan to let "cool heads" prevail in a festering dispute over a cluster of islands in the East China Sea that has soured ties between Asia's two largest economies.
September 27, 2012
The 40th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China relations on Sept. 29 will be marked not by celebrations but by the two nations' worst diplomatic crisis in recent decades.