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Taiwan youth protests against China trade deal

Protesters say the pact will damage Taiwan's economy and make the island vulnerable to Mainland China pressure. Read more

China's rivers at the brink of collapse

China's rulers have traditionally derived their legitimacy from their ability to control water. A new report concludes that water scarcity and water mismangement threaten the future of the nation. Read more

China backs North Korea on human rights

China has dismissed a UN report that compared human rights abuses in North Korea to those in Nazi Germany. Read more

A Safe Place for Unwanted Babies Is Overwhelmed

So many babies poured into a government-run “baby hatch” in the southern city of Guangzhou after it opened in January that the overwhelmed institution has had to stop taking in any more. Read more

China Releases Plan to Incorporate Farmers Into Cities

China has announced a sweeping plan to manage the flow of rural residents into cities, promising to promote urbanization but also to solve some of the drastic side effects of this great uprooting. Read more

Pushing the Uighurs Too Far

The Han people has never ceased to remind the Uighurs of their status. In 1993, the ashes of a loathed People’s Liberation Army general, Wang Zhen, were scattered from atop a sacred mountain in the Tien Shan range, which is the main source of the Uighurs’ water in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Since then, the Uighurs feel they have been forced to live on water tainted by the remains of their

Ukraina setter Kina i knipe

Kina forsøker å gjøre seg selv mest mulig usynlig i Ukraina-krisen, skriver Aftenpostens Kristoffer Rønneberg. Les mer

Kina frykter bølge av konkurser

En spiral av gjeld truer med å velte et stort antall kinesiske selskaper. Statsminister Li Keqiang advarer mot tunge tider. Les mer

How U.S. Military Power Benefits China

For all the factors driving great power rivalry, there are some that encourage cooperation.Read more

Ukraine – A Case for Chinese Involvement

A Chinese scholar explains why Beijing may not want to sit this crisis out. Read more