List of East Asia articles
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gettyimages-630218358 How to Get Tough on China, in Six Easy Steps
Trump promises to stand up to Beijing, but if he gets it wrong, the blowback could haunt his presidency.
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: The President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping tours the National Graphene Institute at Manchester University with the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on October 23, 2015 in Manchester, England. After listening to a presentation from Dame Nancy Rothwell, the party toured the University Centre which leads the world in graphene research and is one of the most important centres for commercialising the one-atom-thick material. (Photo by Richard Stonehouse - WPA Pool/Getty Images) China Quietly Abandoning Bid for ‘New Model of Great Power Relations’ With U.S.
Beijing long sought a rhetorical reboot in bilateral ties. Now it’s talking differently.
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gettyimages-647159224 Trump Takes Aim at the WTO
Even free traders think the trade body has room for improvement.
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US President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka walk to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Donald Trump Is Importing Asia’s Cronyism
The U.S. is being dragged toward the familial corruption other nations are trying to ditch.
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This picture taken on February 23, 2015 shows a polar bear robot "Robear" lifting a woman for a demonstration in Nagoya, central Japan. The "Robear", developed by Riken Institute and Sumitomo Riko, has a polar cub-like face with big doey eyes, but packs enough power to transfer frail patients from a wheelchair to a bed or a bath. A historically low birth rate and ever-increasing life expectancy means Japan's population of elderly people is growing, while the pool of youngsters to look after them is shrinking. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) Japan Prefers Robot Bears to Foreign Nurses
A country notoriously resistant to immigration is exploring the newest frontiers of elder-care.
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china-crop The Islamic State Pledged to Attack China Next. Here’s Why.
ISIS tries to curry favor with China's repressed Muslim minority groups.
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This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 23, 2016 shows a test launch of the surface-to-surface medium long-range strategic ballistic missile Hwasong-10 at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The Musudan -- also known as the Hwasong-10 -- has a theoretical range of anywhere between 2,500 and 4,000 kilometres (1,550 to 2,500 miles). / AFP / KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read KCNA/AFP/Getty Images) Confidential U.N. Report Details North Korea’s Front Companies in China
A maze of shadowy businesses allows Kim Jong-un to evade sanctions and experts say there's no way Beijing doesn't know.
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This photo illustration taken on January 6, 2017 shows Chinese 100 yuan notes in Beijing China just raised the exchange rate for the yuan against the US dollar by 0.92 percent from the previous day, the biggest one-day increase in more than 11 years. / AFP / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) Economic Coercion, with a Chinese Twist
China has begun increasingly relying on economic coercion to pressure its neighbors and threaten U.S. interests in the Pacific.
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Runners of the Shanghai Pride Run make signs with their fingers while wearing rainbow shoelaces at the start of the race in Shanghai on June 18, 2016. The LGBT festival, Shanghai PRIDE 2016, which celebrates diversity in the Chinese city under this year's theme 'I Am Me', kicked-off with a fun run and will last from June 17 to 26. / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) China’s New Multibillion-Dollar Target Market: LGBT Youth
With social conservatism fading, tech firms and advertisers are scrambling to show their tolerant side.
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This picture taken on February 22, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 23 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) visiting the People's Theatre to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State Merited Chorus in Pyongyang. / AFP / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) How to Persuade China to Squeeze North Korea’s Lifeline
Beijing is reluctant to give Pyongyang a real ultimatum — but the United States can bring it around.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order establishing regulatory reform officers and task forces in US agencies in the Oval Office of the White House on February 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day, Trump stated he would cut 75 percent of regulations. (Photo by Olivier Douliery - Pool/Getty Images) U.S. Allies Are Learning that Trump’s America Is Not the ‘Indispensable Nation’
Grappling with an unpredictable White House, foreign partners in Europe and Asia are weighing contingency plans and bracing for the worst.
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crop-gdp Infographic: Here’s How the Global GDP Is Divvied Up
Spoiler alert: The United States gets the biggest slice of the pie.
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A woman looks at a futuristic rendition of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong displayed at the Convention and Exhibition center in Hong Kong on Nov. 21, 2005. How China Became a Sci-Fi Powerhouse
Would-be superstar authors once toiled in obscurity. Online publishing changed all that.
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 17: The installation 'The Ninth Wave' by Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang, sails down the Huangpu River in July 17, 2014 in Shanghai, China. The installation, which consists of an old fishing vessel loaded with stuffed toy animals, is inspired by last year's incident when 16,000 dead pigs were found floating down the Huangpu River. The piece forms part of a show at the Power Station of Art from August 8 to October 26. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Only China Can Save the Planet
The United States is lost in the delusions of climate change deniers. Fortunately, Beijing could be up for leading the fight.
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(L-R) Actor Pedro Pascal, director Zhang Yimou, actress Jing Tian and Matt Damon attend the premiere of Universal Pictures' "The Great Wall," February 15, 2017, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. / AFP / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) Is the Search for a China-Hollywood Blockbuster Doomed?
The flailing 'Great Wall' aspires to be a bicultural extravaganza. The result is a mess.
