But Japan, too, peaked and fell behind. Will China, whose economy is now slowing, meet a similar fate? The USSR was backward in 1917. Under communism, it progressed so fast that its military ...

China's own nuclear history helps illuminate the motives behind North Korea's current behavior.

MOSCOW: After two months of negotiations in Moscow, the Soviet Union and the Central People’s Government of China today [Feb 14] signed a 30-year treaty linking more than a quarter of the world ...

Xi Jinping wants China to surpass rivals as a tech superpower, undeterred by economic woes or trade wars. Critics ask if this focus neglects struggling citizens. By Chris Buckley Throughout China ...

Beijing imposed broad tariffs on imports of American food and said 15 U.S. companies could no longer buy from China without special permission. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Beijing Minutes ...