China's new official passport carries, on its eighth page, a watermark map of China that has set off diplomatic disputes with four neighboring countries. The small map shows a version of China ...

THE issue of this map occurs at an opportune moment. Public attention has been much directed lately to the once fertile strip of country that lies between the deserts of Arabia on the one hand ...

Every Asian country now trades more with China than with the United States, often by a factor of two to one. Here’s how the outlines of the rivalry are defining the future of the continent.