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A Journalist Chronicles Lives After Guantanamo Bay

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 23:52

The presidential candidates may not be talking much about Guantanamo Bay, but the U.S. detention center there has been at the forefront of Michelle Shephard's mind for the last decade.

China's Inadvertent Empire

Wed, 10/24/2012 - 00:00

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S late 2011 announcement of his administration’s pivot to Asia marked a sea change in America’s geopolitical posture away from Europe and the Middle East to Asia and the Pacific Rim.

The U.S. Outlook on China’s Leadership Transition

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 21:40

China’s once-a-decade political transition does not just affect its own leaders and citizens.

'On China:' Experts discuss new generation of leaders

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 19:31

A long way from the big-spending, flag-waving spectacle of competing U.S. presidential campaigns, a momentous leadership change is quietly unfolding in the world's second largest economy.

China Can't Hide The Recession Any Longer

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 19:27

My sources in China say that bad loans on the books of banks have tripled in the first half of this year. That’s huge! In my opinion, that’s only the start.

As China Readies for Leadership Handover, How is Chairman Mao Faring?

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 19:24

Marxist ideas, which normally enjoy public celebration before major political events in the People’s Republic, have been curiously diminished on the eve of China's once-in-a-decade leadership transition.

Why China will open up further

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 19:23

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman argues that, to maintain stability, the Chinese may adopt some democratically inclined reforms.

China's slowdown raises human rights hazards

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 22:28

Several occasions can be counted on during the year to provoke righteous indignation in China at criticism levied against its domestic and international practices.

The Complicated History of U.S. Relations with China

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 20:08

Heritage expert Dean Cheng explores the roots of the United States’ long history with China and explains how our complex past impact’s the nations’ relationship today.

The Asian Cold War

Fri, 10/05/2012 - 00:00

China and Japan's island spat is much more than a battle over a bunch of uninhabited rocks. And it won't be ending anytime soon.