China

China can’t save the world from climate change by itself

January 16, 2019 By Ian Goodrum

Numbers don’t lie—China is the world’s biggest polluter. But China is also doing more to curb emissions than any other country.

China: On the road to socialism or the capitalist freeway?

January 10, 2019 By Rick Nagin

The auto sector is slowing in China, and foreign companies are pulling out. But what does this mean for Chinese socialism?

Cuba’s president travels abroad, firms up relations, gains economic support

November 29, 2018 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Perhaps Díaz-Canel’s itinerary sends a message about his own orientation: He visited all nations in the world headed by Communist parties, except for Nepal.

Correcting the record on China and Africa

September 28, 2018 By Ian Goodrum

Ever since Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative, there has been a campaign to paint it as a scheme to trap developing countries in China’s web.

‘Equal pay for equal work’: Temp workers struggle in China’s auto sector

August 31, 2018 By Zhang Lu

In China, temporary agency workers receive as little as half the pay and none of the benefits enjoyed by their ‘regular’ counterparts, but they are fighting back.