The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?
Category: China
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In Xi’s China, Politics Eventually Catches Up With Everyone
The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?
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China Wants to Start a National Internet ID System
The government said the proposal would protect online privacy. Critics said it could further concentrate government control over the internet.
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Traveling to China? Here’s What to Know.
China has been rolling out new visa-free programs and promising to make travel easier for foreigners. But challenges remain.
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Chinese E.V. Makers Are Upending Thailand’s Auto Market
China’s electric vehicle companies are making inroads in Thailand, a key industry hub, as Europe and the United States wield tariffs to keep them out.
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Japan Built Thailand’s Car Industry. Now China Is Gunning for It.
After dominating sales in Thailand for decades, Mazda, Nissan and other Japanese companies are losing their grip on a market long viewed as a regional hub.
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As Trump Looms, Blinken Aims to Reassure Allies on U.S. Commitment to Asia
Asian officials will press Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the former president and about Kamala Harris as he visits the region.
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China Rules Solar Energy, but Its Industry at Home Is in Trouble
The solar sector shows how China conducts industrial policy: It chooses industries to dominate, floods them with loans and lets companies fight it out.
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China Unexpectedly Cuts Interest Rate as World Markets Sag
The central bank lowered a key rate in its latest effort to steady China’s economy, as Asian stock markets followed Wall Street down.
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Ukraine Presses China to Help Seek End to War With Russia
A visit by the foreign minister of Ukraine to Guangzhou this week signals Kyiv’s desire to involve Beijing in peace talks that China has thus far largely snubbed.
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China Shows Few Signs of Tilting Economy Toward Consumers in New Plan
The Communist Party rebuffed calls from economists to shift away from investment-led growth and toward consumer spending.