China Points to Donald Trump as an Example of Democracy
But he'd be a better fit for an autocracy
China
Russian, Chinese Foreign Ministers Complain About North Korea Missile Tests, U.S. Korean Missile Defense System
Dealing with the consequences of China's interventionist foreign policy.
Chinese Government Licenses Living Buddhas, Regulates Reincarnation
Atheist government seeks religious control.
You Can't Say That on Chinese Television
China's Communist authorities have put out a laundry list of material they don't want to see on TV, from homosexuality to unpatriotic sound effects.
'The Chinese Must Go!'
A look back at America's first major exclusionary immigration law
Reds and Feds
What the FBI's war on the Maoist fringe tells us about the surveillance state
Paris Climate Change Conference
Paris Climate Conference Emissions Promises Do NOT Mean Real Emissions Cuts
Sixth Dispatch: The claim that pledges from 180 countries cover 95 percent of emissions is seriously misleading.
Paris Climate Confab Preview: Culmination or Crack-Up?
The endgame in the quest for a universal climate treaty
In Order to Live: Yeonmi Park's North Korean Defector Story
Yeonmi Park escaped from North Korea. But will her story survive scrutiny?
China Burns Much More Coal Than Reported: Unsettles Upcoming U.N. Climate Negotiations
Increase equal to about 70 percent of total U.S. annual coal consumption
China's One-Child Policy an Utterly Useless Exercise in Human Suffering and Social Deformation
Policy being reversed after causing decades of harm.
China Drops Oppressive One-Child Policy: Too Late to Avoid Demographic Implosion
Reproductive central planning works as badly as economic central planning
LEGO Won't Provide Bricks for Ai Weiwei's "Political Works," But His Fans Will
Everything is not awesome when it comes to subversive reappropriation of colored plastic bricks to protest authoritarianism.
China Said to Be Creating "Social Credit" Scores to Rule Citizens' Lives
ACLU alarmed at idea that every bit of public info might feed into these high-tech "credit scores" that will define Chinese citizens' lives.
China Pledges to Enact Cap-and-Trade Carbon Market in 2017
We are living in interesting times.*
Obama Administration Still Figuring Out China Policy with Less Than 16 Months Left in Office
Were confused why taking a more confrontational stance led to China doing the same.
Ailing China Set to Blow More Money on High-Speed Train to Vegas
Did they run out of overpriced, unnecessary projects in their own country?
Enlightened Chinese Industrial Planning Will Crush U.S. Free Markets, Said Pundits: Maybe Not
Reminding pundits Tom Friedman, Robert Reich and others of what they said.
Why Donald Trump Is to Blame for the Stock Market Crash
Markets are finally taking note of the fact that the GOP candidate atop the polls is someone whose policies are the opposite of the pro-growth approach.
Mao More Than Ever: Chinese Broadcaster in Big Trouble for Mocking Mass Killer
Then again, he does work for a state-run TV channel.
Ai Weiwei's Upcoming London Exhibition Will Have Everything But the Dissident Artist Himself
The celebrated Chinese artist was denied a business visa by the British government.
Peter Schiff on the Fed, Rand Paul, and the Next Financial Crisis
"What the voters want is snake oil. They want something that makes them feels good"
Dressing Room Sex Tape Goes Viral, Police Arrest Five
Filmed at a Uniqlo in China, authorities also looking into the store's involvement
The Tragic History of China's Secret Labor Camps
Laogai prison survivor Harry Wu on human rights abuses in China.
Is China Winning the Race for Resources?: Ronald Bailey at Cato Unbound
China Overpays: Still In Thrall to Failed Ideology of Central Planning, Argues Ronald Bailey
Is China Moving Toward a Gold Standard?
Peter Schiff on the Chinese market crash and the future of Chinese economic policy.
Stock Markets in China Collapsing—Government Can't Blame Anyone
Shanghai Composite down nearly 30 percent from a June high.
Is China Winning the Race for Resources?: Ronald Bailey at Cato Unbound
"Racing" for resources is economically misconceived.
Ronald Bailey on the Feds' Epic Cybersecurity Fail
Encrypt everything - inhibits data breaches and government domestic spying.
Federal Cybersecurity: Not Even Good Enough for Government Work
Epic government fail, yet no one is responsible.
Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee Appear in Anti-Gay (and anti-Muslim/anti-Trans) Documentary
Presidential candidates and sitting Congressmen are featured in a film which commands Christian soldiers to fight.
Angola Arrests 13 Dissidents for Planning Protests in Continuing Government Crackdown on Opposition
Including Luaty Beirao, a rapper who's emerged as a leader of the youth opposition movement.
Cloud-Based Password Service LastPass Hacked, User Data Compromised
But cryptographic tech, like that the government wants to weaken, helps mitigate the risk to users.
Russians and Chinese Got Snowden Documents the Old-Fashioned Way
By hacking the NSA computers. So says security analyst Bruce Schneier.
On Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre, Hong Kong's Occupy Protesters Fight Their Own Fight
The Umbrella Movement is focused on its own struggle, not mainland China's.
China All Things to All Pundits: Mostly a Rhetorical Trope and Fairy-Tale Boogeyman
"They wouldn't do that in China"
How Do You Smuggle a Whole Library of Banned Books? In Your Pants!
When a whole library fits on a thumb drive, the job of a censor just sucks
China Not Getting Dragged Into Venezuela's Problems
China's foreign minister says he hopes the U.S. and Venezuela can deal with their issues with mutual respect and non-interference.
What If Someone Crossed the Razor-Blades-in-Halloween-Candy Rumor with the Injecting-Babies-with-AIDS Rumor?
Decoding a Vietnamese urban legend
FBI Raids Alleged "Birthing Centers" For Rich Chinese Tourists
Twenty sites across Southern California were raided, with operators arrested on charges of fraud. The women were taken to hospitals.
