China
May 19, 2013
NEW DELHI--Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on May 19 for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts ...
May 19, 2013
QIANTUN, China--Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager--washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and keeping him ...
May 17, 2013
BEIJING--China's television regulator has ordered a crackdown on dramas about the country's battles with Japan during and before World War Two and demanded they be more serious,...
May 17, 2013
Buoyed by strong public support for his economic policies, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues to put top priority on shoring up the nation’s economy to assure his party's...
May 17, 2013
Earthquake survivors, holding placards made of cardboard, were seen skirmishing with hastily dispatched government officials around noon on April 22, two days after a...
May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON--The U.S. government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, a U.S....
May 16, 2013
BEIJING--China has begun a crackdown on the sales of fake, diseased and tainted meat products after a series of scandals that have further dented public confidence in the food...
May 16, 2013
BEIJING--Upset about plans for a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China, a woman turned to a new method that Chinese are using to air their complaints: she posted a...
May 16, 2013
KIRUNA, Sweden--The Arctic Council agreed on May 15 to admit emerging powers China and India as observers, reflecting growing global interest in the trade and energy potential...
May 16, 2013
JFE Steel Corp. announced May 16 that it will establish a joint venture in China with Kawasaki Kokan Co., Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. and Taiwan's Shuan Hwa Industrial Co. to...
May 15, 2013
WASHINGTON--China launched a large missile that reached 6,200 miles (10,000 km) above the earth, its highest suborbital launch since 1976, according to a U.S. scientist at...
May 15, 2013
SHANGHAI—China has more Wangs than the Philippines has people.
May 15, 2013
China is in the midst of an urban revolution, with hundreds of millions of migrants moving into cities every year. But China’s urban dream may be derailed by the lack of...
May 15, 2013
BEIJING--Chinese authorities have shut down or frozen the microblog accounts of several prominent liberal intellectuals and harassed rights lawyers lobbying against unofficial...
May 14, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei at a meeting on May 13 to cooperate in countering China's growing maritime ambitions.
May 14, 2013
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has decided to postpone sending special delegates to Beijing for a meeting scheduled May 26-30 because of the poor state of relations ...
May 14, 2013
BRUSSELS--China's decision to ease a boycott of some $11 billion in Airbus jet orders followed a high-level appeal from the plane maker urging Beijing to recognize its support...
May 13, 2013
SEOUL--Fresh off her visit to the United States, new South Korean President Park Geun-hye is making plans to visit China around the end of June, sources said, in an apparent...
May 13, 2013
Rising wages in China are forcing foreign businesses to decide whether to shift their production elsewhere in Asia or to stay and adapt to a changing market.
May 13, 2013
BEIJING--New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit India and Pakistan on his first foreign trip since assuming office, on a week-long overseas foray that will also take in...