Region
East Asia
China's Approach to the Middle East Looks Familiar
By Massoud Hayoun
Despite repudiating American foreign policy, China now borrows heavily from U.S.-style Middle Eastern diplomacy.
Khrushchev’s Fate and China’s Future
By Joseph Torigian
What Xi Jinping can learn from Khrushchev's struggles with reform in the Soviet Union.
William Mesny: The Mercenary Mandarin
By David Leffman
An Englishman's rise (and fall) in Qing-dynasty China.
Xi's 'China Dream' Comes to Coal Country
By Francois Dubé
Frustration with corrupt and inept local authorities in Shanxi fuels support for Xi Jinping’s push to be core leader.
Evaluating China's Economy
By Fatima-Zohra Er-Rafia
Can China keep up its growth and deliver on its "harmony" pact with the Chinese people?
China and Germany: The Honeymoon Is Over
By Klaus Larres
A visit to China by Germany's economics minister highlighted a blunter approach to bilateral relations.
Increasing China's Food Supply – With Drones
By Joshua Bateman
China's rapidly growing UAV industry is eyeing a new sector: agriculture.
What Will Donald Trump’s Asia Policy Look Like?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at what America’s incoming president might do.
South Korea's Most Bizarre Corruption Scandal Yet
By Robert E. Kelly
The South Korean presidential scandal is unique for its sheer weirdness.
Gay Rights on the March in Taiwan
By David Prentice
This year’s Taipei Pride parade comes at a pivotal moment in the island’s gay rights movement.
South Korea Cracks Down on Illegal Chinese Fishing, With Violent Results
By Lyle J Morris
Tensions between China and South Korea intensify over illegal fishing, with the Korea Coast Guard raising the stakes.
Avoiding Groupthink on China
By Greg Austin
What we know and don’t know about China’s foreign and military policies.