Is Pollution Causing Infertility to Rise in China?
The country's environmental problems may be interfering with programs to encourage childbirth.
The Humiliating LGBT Experience in the Chinese Workplace: An Infographic
The country's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered workers must navigate an environment of fear, suspicion, and mistrust.
How 19th Century History Explains Present-Day China
Faced with necessary reforms, Beijing must make bold choices—just like during the Qing Dynasty.
Universal Rural Health Care in China? Not So Fast
Despite government claims to the contrary, many in China's countryside continue to lack access to modern health care.
Why Is Starbucks So Expensive in China?
And why do people go there anyway? The culture and economics of drinking lattes in China
China's War on Deep Thinking
The father of modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun, is now considered inappropriate for students.
China's Newest Market Opportunity: Pollution Control
DIY entrepreneurs have developed ingenious—and affordable—products to satisfy the public's insatiable demand for pure air.
How Washington and Beijing Learned to Live With Each Other
A 1958 Atlantic article argued that the United States could not have relations with Communist China. How did that change?
How the Chinese Government Profits From the One-Child Policy
Despite the demographic challenges presented by the three-decade old policy, local governments depend on child birth penalties to balance budgets and boost the income of politicians.
China Will Start Using Drones—to Deliver Packages
While FAA regulations have stalled commercial UAV business in the U.S., it's growing in the Middle Kingdom.
China's Constitutional Crisis
Though the document enshrines liberal values, it places no restrictions on Communist Party power. Reformists are now calling for a change.
Why Is the Chinese Communist Party So Tense?
Recent economic, political, environmental, and demographic issues have put the Chinese government on edge.
The Subversive World of Chinese Bathroom Graffiti
Scrawled dispatches on toilet stall walls show a taste for commerce, humor, and sometimes dissent.
Why China Will Oppose Any Strike on Syria
It isn't because Beijing likes chemical weapons or Assad.
The Terrible Lives of Chinese Sex Workers
The arrest of a high-profile investor for soliciting prostitution casts a spotlight on an unregulated industry where women risk social stigma, violence, and disease.
Is Zhou Yongkang China's Next Bo Xilai?
As investigations of the politician mount, another major legal case could be around the corner.
On Being African in China
When a student from Ghana arrived in Beijing, she hoped to serve as a cultural ambassador -- but instead became an unwitting spectacle.
China's Coal Supply Will Soon Weigh 40 Percent More Than Earth's Population
The country's excessive past investments in coal have produced a surplus, and today, lowered prices mean mining barons are struggling to pay off loans.
Bo Xilai's Raunchy, Entertaining Trial Was Still Fundamentally Unjust
Amid the theatrics, the trial of the disgraced politician failed to examine the full extent of his career.
Today's Alarming Japan-China Charts
World War II was a long time ago, but bad feelings are ever-refreshed.