China
December 06, 2012
BEIJING--The Chinese economy will surpass the government’s goal of 7.5-percent growth for 2012 and will expand by 8.2 percent in 2013, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ...
December 05, 2012
SEOUL--Shin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States.
December 05, 2012
China is experiencing its most severe economic downturn in decades, and revitalizing its economic model is critical to future prosperity—not only in China, but around the...
December 05, 2012
Though struggling in Japan, the Anna Miller's restaurant chain hopes its hearty pies--and iconic waitresses' uniforms--will win over Chinese diners.
December 05, 2012
SHANGHAI—Female students have protested intrusive gynecological tests conducted as part of the application process for China's elite civil service.
December 04, 2012
BEIJING--Three leading Japanese automakers said their sales in China showed a smaller year-on-year decline in November than in the previous two months, leading to hopes the...
December 04, 2012
The Obama administration was right to focus military and diplomatic attention on countries neighboring China, a potential great power adversary, but has it been so eager to...
December 04, 2012
HANOI/NEW DELHI--Vietnam is setting up patrols to protect its fisheries in the South China Sea after a state company accused Chinese boats of sabotage and India declared itself ...
December 04, 2012
HONG KONG--Chinese authorities are pressing Macau to step up scrutiny of money transfers as part of a broader move to combat corruption and promote "responsible gaming" in the...
December 03, 2012
Cast-off polyester clothing and waste from the garment industry is to be recycled at a plant in China, in a process which shreds the fabric and filters out impurities to obtain ...
December 03, 2012
BEIJING--The pace of activity in China's vast manufacturing sector quickened for the first time in 13 months in November, a survey of private factory managers found, adding to...
December 03, 2012
MOSCOW/BEIJING--Russia and China urged North Korea on Dec. 3 not to go ahead with a plan for its second rocket launch of 2012, with Moscow saying the launch would violate...
December 03, 2012
The re-election of Barack Obama signals to Asia that America's "pivot" or "rebalancing" toward that region will move forward in the carefully constructed framework laid out...
December 03, 2012
The dispute over the Senkaku Islands (known as Diaoyu in China) between Japan and China—the third- and second-largest economies in the world—is casting a pall over the...
December 02, 2012
North Korea has a lot more than bravado riding on its announcement of plans to launch a long-range rocket later this month.
December 02, 2012
SEOUL, South Korea--North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and...
December 02, 2012
BEIJING--Authorities have demolished a five-story home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by Chinese...
December 01, 2012
BEIJING--Chinese regulators suspended a broadcaster Nov. 30 after an unaired segment of a TV game show was leaked online showing a raucous shouting match about nudity between...
December 01, 2012
BEIJING--A Chinese court sentenced the nephew of legal activist Chen Guangcheng to more than three years in jail after a hurried, half-day trial Nov. 30 that his parents were...
November 30, 2012
The party most likely to form a government after the forthcoming election has talked of adopting a nationalist, low-tolerance approach to China—in contrast with the present...