Region
East Asia
![Khrushchev’s Fate and China’s Future Khrushchev’s Fate and China’s Future](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-23_19-01-06.jpg)
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.
![Xi's 'China Dream' Comes to Coal Country Xi's 'China Dream' Comes to Coal Country](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-21_16-18-59.jpg)
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 Evaluating China's Economy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-17_16-37-25.jpg)
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 China and Germany: The Honeymoon Is Over](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-15_16-41-30.jpg)
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 Increasing China's Food Supply – With Drones](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-10_20-14-56.jpg)
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? What Will Donald Trump’s Asia Policy Look Like?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-09_21-46-38.jpg)
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 South Korea's Most Bizarre Corruption Scandal Yet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-04_14-00-34.jpg)
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 Gay Rights on the March in Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-03_15-02-52.jpg)
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 South Korea Cracks Down on Illegal Chinese Fishing, With Violent Results](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-03_13-54-54.jpg)
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 Avoiding Groupthink on China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-19_21-34-03.jpg)
Avoiding Groupthink on China
By Greg Austin
What we know and don’t know about China’s foreign and military policies.
![The Race to China’s 19th Party Congress The Race to China’s 19th Party Congress](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-16_18-03-08.jpg)
The Race to China’s 19th Party Congress
By Jonathan Brookfield
Next fall, China's leaders will kick off the 19th Party Congress. Start your engines.
![Making Missile Defense Work for Japan Making Missile Defense Work for Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-17_13-34-11.jpg)
Making Missile Defense Work for Japan
By Ben Rimland
Ballistic missile defense can work for Japan, but it must be placed in context.