List of East Asia articles
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Workers wearing hardhats and safety gear direct truck traffic at a mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The U.S. Strategic Minerals Situation Is Critical
Desperate to diversify away from Beijing, Washington is ramping up efforts to jump-start its struggling domestic industry.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves after being greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping before the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia summit in Shanghai. China’s Ideological Affinity With Russia Is Over
For Beijing, last weekend’s mutiny against Vladimir Putin was a cautionary tale.
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South Korean women hold banners that say "#MeToo" during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Seoul in 2018. Are South Korea’s New Policies Silencing Rape Survivors?
Seoul’s crackdown on false accusations is having unintended consequences.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping reach out to shake hands, against a backdrop of Russian and Chinese flags, at the Kremlin in Moscow. Xi’s Schadenfreude Over Moscow’s Mutiny
Xi feels vindicated over Putin’s style of governance—but has made a bad bet on the Russian leader.
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Four retired Chinese men sit on a bench outside an apartment complex for pensioners in Beijing. They wear sunglasses, hats, and comfortable clothing, and two of them hold walking canes. China’s Pensions System Is Buckling Under an Aging Population
Beijing has hard choices ahead as labor advantages slip away.
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A dragon mascot is displayed outside a store as customers peruse Lunar New Year pudding in Manila's Chinatown. China Can’t Catch a Break in Asian Public Opinion
Washington can benefit from Beijing’s soft-power failures.
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U.S. President Joe Biden sits at a desk with his chin resting on his clasped hands. Biden holds a highlighter and has an array of papers front of him, and Chinese President Xi Jinping is visible on the screen of a monitor over Biden's shoulder. Washington’s Supposed Consensus on China Is an Illusion
Extremists are threatening the delicate attempt to find a new normal.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing. Anti-China Rhetoric Distracts Washington—and Boosts Beijing
Panic and fear should not drive U.S. foreign policy.
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing a dark tunic with white long-sleeved shirt under it, gives a thumbs up sign from behind a podium and teleprompter at an Indian cultural event in Sydney on May 23. Will India Surpass China to Become the Next Superpower?
Four inconvenient truths make this scenario unlikely.
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Chimney stacks for a factory processing rare earths, elements essential for the production of mobile phones and computers, in Baotou, China. America Dropped the Baton in the Rare-Earth Race
Washington keeps trying to play catch-up in the rare-earth game with China. It’s losing ground.
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A man wearing a gray suit walks on the sidewalk in front of an array of television screens that show the numbers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in white text against a red background. Japan’s Stock Market Is Finally Back to 1990 Levels
A 33-year-long recovery points to a somewhat brighter future.
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A man watches a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul railway station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea Does More Cyberspying Than You Think
The Hermit Kingdom doesn’t just steal cryptocash; it steals state secrets—especially from neighbors.
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From left to right: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar pose for photos at the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 1. BRICS Faces a Reckoning
Enlargement would be a sign not of the group’s strength, but of China’s growing influence.
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Chinese students queue to take the National College Entrance Examination at a high school in Beijing. How China’s Education System Trapped a Generation
Young people have been trained into competition and hopelessness.
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A line of Liberian children, dressed in matching uniforms of yellow shirts and navy blue shorts, hold Chinese flags as they lean over to see farther up the road. Aid Is the Next Battleground Between China and the West
The global south’s debts have reached alarming levels, and Beijing is tightening the screws.
