U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd R), joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R), speaks while facing Yang Jiechi (2nd L), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office, and Wang Yi (L), China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister, at the opening session of U.S.-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. March 18, 2021.

China Sanctions Intensify, Escalating Trade Risks

International penalties target Chinese officials as investors weigh costs.

China’s fishing fleet ranges throughout the world’s oceans. Here, a Chinese fishing vessel is placed under escort after being caught by an Argentine warship operating illegally within Argentina’s exclusive economic zone.

Chinese Overfishing in the South Pacific Devastates Some Islands’ Livelihoods

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China’s fishing fleets, which reach as far as Latin America, West Africa, and even Antarctica, have been adding to the strain on worldwide fishing stocks.

Chinese 100 yuan notes are shown in a Jan. 14, 2020 photo.

China Turns Cautious on Fast Economic Growth

2021-04-02

The government's goals fall short of international forecasts.

Workers shovel coal onto a truck at a coal yard near a coal mine in Huating, Gansu province, China, September 18, 2020.

China's Energy Security Fears Slow Climate Drive

2021-03-26

Plans call for more domestic coal as tensions with US grow.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at a course for the chief secretaries of local party committees in Pyongyang, March 4, 2021.

Petulant Pyongyang Ticks Off Putrajaya

2021-03-23

Extraditing a North Korean businessman accused of money laundering to the US was an 'unpardonable crime,' North Korea says.

Former Washington Post correspondent Elizabeth Becker stands next to a photo of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot during her photo exhibition at Bophana center in Phnom Penh, in 2012 file photo.

A Reporter Looks Back: Recognition Long Overdue for Female War Reporters and Photographers

2021-03-22

During her ordeal in captivity, Kate Webb was given up for dead. The New York Times published her obituary.

Coal is loaded into a bulk carrier at Qingdao Port, Shandong province, China, April 21, 2019.

China's Five-Year Plan Stalls Climate Progress, Experts Say

2021-03-19

Coal use is projected to grow through 2025.

Elderly people sit in a street during morning rush hour in Beijing, China, November 3, 2020.

China's Pension Funds Face Rising Risk

2021-03-12

Government plans to increase retirement age after cutting company contributions.

Travellers wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak wait at check-in counters of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport as the Spring Festival travel season begins ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Shanghai, China, January 28, 2021.

China Claims Economic Boost from Cancelled Migrant Plans

2021-03-05

Government cites gain after workers miss holidays at home.

A pangolin is shown trapped in a cage in Indonesia in a file photo.

China Doubles the Number of its Protected Animals

2021-03-03

Some say the list doesn't go far enough, as it covers only animals found in the wild and not raised in captivity.

Workers unload imported coal at a port in Lianjungang in Jianxi province, China, Dec. 5, 2019.

China Punishes Australia as Proxy for the West

2021-02-26

Beijing's ban on coal imports is seen as an affordable cost.

Former US Secretary of State George Schultz testifies before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a Feb. 29, 2000 file photo.

A Reporter Looks Back: Remembering George Schultz

2021-02-22

President Reagan's secretary of state supported arms sales to Taiwan and helped steer US diplomacy leading to the end of the Cold War.

In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo, smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in Hejin in central China's Shanxi Province.

China's Energy Agency Rocked by Coal Power Report

2021-02-19

Investigators blast National Energy Administration in policy clash.

A destroyed tank sits in overgrown woods along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos in a file photo.

A Reporter Looks Back: The Laos Invasion of 1971

2021-02-17

Dan Southerland, who reported on the war in Laos, remembers four colleagues lost on Feb. 10, 1971 when their helicopter was shot down by North Vietnamese forces.

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