How the next 40 years are the most important ever
Posted on December 22, 2010, at 11:32 AMThe West has had it pretty good for the past 200 years, says Ian Morris in the Christian Science Monitor. Now it's time to prepare for the unstoppable rise of the East
The education race: China's stunning test scores
Posted on December 8, 2010, at 12:49 PMChina's debut in the international standardized test program offered a surprise: Its students are ranked No. 1 (sort of). Just how bad is this for America?
Did China 'hijack' the internet?
Posted on November 19, 2010, at 11:42 AMChina says no. A U.S. security panel says yes it did — and with possible malicious intent. Who's telling the truth?
China's one-dog policy
Posted on November 15, 2010, at 6:00 AMThe booming metropolis of Shanghai is the latest Chinese city to look at extending the nation's one-child policy to dogs. How would it work?
How powerful is China's supercomputer?
Posted on November 2, 2010, at 7:30 AMChinese researchers have developed a super-fast machine that blows away its American competition
The ghost city of China
Posted on October 22, 2010, at 12:45 PMThe Chinese government has spent millions developing "the Chinese version of Dubai" outside the existing city of Ordos. One problem — nobody lives there
Should America launch a currency war against China?
Posted on October 11, 2010, at 2:37 PMA global trade showdown may be brewing, and pundits debate whether America should be taking the fight to China
The cracks in China's engine
Posted on October 1, 2010, at 11:20 AMPowered by rip-roaring growth, China just surpassed Japan as the world's No. 2 economy. But are strains starting to show?
Behind the China-Japan feud
Posted on September 29, 2010, at 7:00 AMIt was ostensibly about a captured fishing-boat captain. But the conflict between the Asian economic giants went far beyond that
China's 'nightmarish' 60-mile traffic jam
Posted on August 24, 2010, at 12:20 PMIn Beijing, a major freeway has been jammed up for 10 days. How did that happen — and what are the stranded drivers doing to stay sane?
China's currency concession: Will it help the U.S.?
Posted on June 22, 2010, at 12:35 PMAt long last, China is allowing the yuan to trade more flexibly against the dollar. Does this mean good things for America's economy?
The end of cheap Chinese labor?
Posted on June 9, 2010, at 2:17 PMSome of China's largest manufacturers are boosting their workers' pay by 100 percent. What does this mean for the world's third largest economy — and how could it affect the U.S.?
China's child attack spree
Posted on May 12, 2010, at 4:05 PMDozens of Chinese children and toddlers have been killed or injured in a series of shocking mass attacks. What's going on?
The China currency crisis: What every American should know
Posted on April 22, 2010, at 8:55 AMWhy the U.S. wants China to let its currency rise in value, and why Beijing has been reluctant to do it
China's looming woman shortage: 5 possible consequences
Posted on April 12, 2010, at 7:10 PMAfter years of gender-based abortions, China is facing a huge surplus of young men. Will that mean more crime, more homosexuality — or even a war to weed out weaker males?
China's 21 dead babies: What happened?
Posted on March 31, 2010, at 10:25 AMThe grisly discovery of bags of dead babies on the banks of a Chinese river raises many questions. Here's what known about the puzzling tragedy
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