Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Wang Qishan, China’s vice premier, left, and George Osborne, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, pose for a photograph during the UK-China Economic and...
Author: Ganeshan Wignaraja, ADB While rapid trade-led growth has enabled China to surge ahead of other developing economies in recent decades, a number of analysts are...
European Pressphoto Agency Indian school children protest against female feticide in Jammu on April 21. The World Bank estimates that every year almost four million women...
Article Excerpt In China, foreign banks are lagging behind when it comes to profits. Also, Asian markets are falling on the lack of progress in resolving...
By Tom Orlik One of the first casualties of the fading global recovery—pressure for yuan appreciation. The world’s economic elite is gathering in Washington, D.C., for...
Author: Aidan Foster-Carter, Leeds University August found Kim Jong-il on the road again. Travelling only in his trademark armoured train, due to a fear of flying,...
The son of a Chinese army general well-known for his singing will be detained for a year, state media reported late Thursday, following an alleged assault...
Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Film director Shangjun Cai poses for the Silver Lion for best direction he received for “Ren Shan Ren Hai (People mountain people sea)”...
It’s a raging debate in economics circles: Is China’s commanding position as the world’s low-wage factory floor eroding in the face of rising labor costs and...