China

New report shows the extent of China’s hidden power as the developing world’s creditor.

China has long spied on its own citizens, but a new report shows how foreigners are increasingly falling under the nation’s watchful eye.

Some of the world’s most prestigious universities aren’t in America.

The city council voted in favor of the ban by a margin of 8 to 1.

China is testing electronic monitoring of students’ attention levels.

Both panoramic and detailed, this infographic manages to show both the size and distribution of world religions.

“Here I want to remind all of you of a fact that the U.S. publicly defines outer space as a new battlefield,” a Chinese foreign minister said.

The Kremlin has been eying China for a very long time.

The I Ching serves as a foundation for many Eastern philosophies and Western mathematics.

Asia is experiencing a boom in terms of education and business.

North Korea’s Great Leader would rather not fly for his second summit with Trump – but the trip is also a political message to China.

If a scientific study was conducted unethically, should publishers retract it?

China’s export growth model hit a wall. So it reinvented itself.

Chinese scientists find a 600-million-year-old creature.

Worryingly, these are not just two random collections of countries, but two blocs with a lot of pre-existing enmity.

Hollywood’s notions of future wars may be nothing like the real ones.

What is socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is it just capitalism?

Despite incredible economic growth, it is not necessarily an investor’s paradise.

China’s Chang’e 4 biosphere experiment marks a first for humankind.

The report also predicts India’s economy will surpass the U.S. by 2030.

The sharp drop-off in world trade growth is a major risk in the coming year.

It’s the first time humans have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.

Consider the decline and fall of the South China Morning Post.

Oppression causes many people to run for the hills. Literally.

Superpowers team up to heat up the ionosphere by over 200 degrees.

Explore the many different iterations and times of New Year’s celebrations around the world.

Zoologist Lucy Cooke explains why humans are totally wrong about panda sex, and why captive breeding backfires.

China’s rise has necessitated a global PR push. It includes influencing how the movies you watch depict China.

The controversial scientist He Jiankui is currently missing after causing major controversy in late November.

The Dalai Lama is important, so important that he might decide not to come back after his next death.