East Asia

In the coming weeks, analysts around the globe will make their predictions regarding China’s presumed next leader. The task won’t be easy.

While the economy dominates the election, South Korea’s next president will have important foreign policy choices to make.

While often overshadowed by the Cuban Missile Crisis, the conflict still colors relations between the two nations to this day.

There are mixed signs change may lie ahead for North Korea’s troubled economy. While reform is possible, big challenges lie ahead.

Was the jet crafted from stolen intelligence? Could it be used on China’s new aircraft carrier? With photos appearing online of another Chinese stealth fighter, questions are mounting.

The Global Times is often considered a ‘hardline’ newspaper. A comprehensive reading of the editorial section tells a different story.

As mainlanders head to Hong Kong to protest, Chinese authorities are increasingly cracking down on the former British colony.

China’s massive bank financed stimulus was intended to keep the economy moving. It may instead lead to economic disaster.

A perfect storm of government debt, easy consumer credit and a culture of consumption could lead to economic disaster.

Where banking infrastructure is limited in parts of Asia, mobile money could provide a solution. Emulating Kenya’s successful model could speed its adoption.

Beijing has long interwoven strands of victimization and self-righteousness into Chinese nationalism, which have made compromise more difficult.

China is building a two-layered navy with a high-end Near Seas component and a limited, low-end capability beyond. It is not poised to speed across the Pacific to threaten America.