Asia

Popular videos paint the Russian president as a widely admired figure.

A striking new translation of Chinese fairy tales shows a shared folkloric tradition.

In his new book, the billionaire philanthropist focuses on technical solutions but ignores politics.

But without unity, arms, or a safe haven, it’s an uphill fight against the Islamists in Kabul.

Beijing’s Leninist regime is fundamentally resistant to change.

A government push has created a strange market in some rural areas.

Two wealthy men with opposing political views are riding a wave of discontent with the major parties.

What do the two superpowers have in common as they woo the region? Flawed strategies.

Monday’s victor intends to defend sovereignty against China and prioritize the U.S. alliance.

The war in Ukraine is prompting countries from Kazakhstan to Moldova to reexamine their colonial past and seek diplomatic allies beyond the Kremlin.

There’s no need to empower hard-liners by a potentially provocative upgrade.

Hunger and poverty stalk the nation, but the Islamists want to disappear women from public life.

Washington has long ignored much of the world. Beijing hasn’t.

Washington is wrong to assume Beijing is incapable of accommodation.

Hindu nationalist ideologues in New Delhi are flirting with a dangerous revisionist history of South Asia.