Globetrotting Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is turning 90 in July, will be releasing a new book in March that ...

Two readers react to counterarguments on the US TikTok ban from Senator Edward J. Markey and Representative Jake Auchincloss.

China became the first country in the world to establish diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (now ...

The fate of the world may rest on Taiwan but our policy is at sixes and sevens, or according the Australian press, at sevens and eights.

Switzerland became one of the first Western countries to recognise the newly founded People's Republic of China.

When President Jimmy Carter left office, the gift from his staff was a collection of woodworking equipment. While that talent is rarely mentioned, the former president continued to build through ...

Since former Chinese President Jiang Zemin’s landmark thirteen-day tour of Latin America in 2001, there have been dozens of high-level political exchanges. President Xi Jinping has visited the ...

Jess Jiang is a Senior Supervising Editor for Planet Money. Previously, Jiang was a producer for NPR's podcast Rough Translation, where she helped tell deeply personal stories like the delicate ...

Biden is expected to deliver a eulogy, and President-elect Donald Trump told reporters that he plans to attend the service. All flags will be flown at half-staff for the 30-day period after Carter ...

Many services, businesses and financial centers will be operating as usual, as it’s not a federal holiday. Here’s what’s ...

What is PRC Martial Law? On 1 March 1996, Chinese President Jiang Zemin (江澤民) signed into law the “The Martial Law of the People’s Republic of China.” The PRC promulgated this law seven years after ...

The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey, a teenage boy. Monkey and his friends are free to roam the streets of Beijing ...