With climate diplomacy deadlocked, researchers and policy makers are grappling with extreme warming scenarios and sobering choices — including tinkering with the global climate. Despite the many risks, the U.S. and China are both barreling...

Besides the human cost, natural disasters are causing ever more damage to China’s economy.

The country’s carbon emissions could enter structural decline next year, but there’s a big if.

To stabilize U.S.-China climate cooperation, look beyond bilateral partnerships to more creative modes of engagement.

Beijing is acting now to stave off a financial crisis despite the country’s top banks appearing healthy on paper.

The historian discusses the period that saw the death of Mao Zedong and the rise of Deng Xiaoping, and the decisions that set China’s economic and political path for years to come.

The Biden administration has tried to prevent critical technologies from reaching China. But researchers at American universities still often collaborate with Chinese peers in those same areas.

China won’t be the only target for the new U.S. administration.

How did China's e-commerce industry boom so quickly and even leapfrog Western companies in the same space? In her new book, "From Click to Boom," Lizhi Liu tells the story of eBay vs. Taobao in...

The city’s largest ever national security trial has ended with years-long jail terms handed to dozens of activists. A Wire China timeline shows how Hong Kong reached this point.

The international security expert explains how China’s defense base is catching up to that of the United States, and what Washington can do about it.

China’s demographics are poised to create a new ‘silver economy’ — but industry insiders say the nascent sector is still far from a sure bet.

Beijing’s plans for China’s southerly island province to become a thriving free trade zone and hub for foreign investment are falling short of expectations.

U.S. presidents have had a remarkably free hand to escalate tensions with China, and Donald Trump is likely to continue in that vein.

China’s bond sale in Riyadh this week caps a year marked by accelerating Gulf investments on the mainland.

The academic and author discusses the state of China's space industry, where its rivalry with the U.S. could play out and how any escalation could be contained.