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

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.

An employee checks a gas valve at the Atamanskaya compressor station, part of Gazprom's Power Of Siberia gas pipeline outside the far eastern town of Svobodny, in Amur region, Russia November 29, 2019.

China's Gas Prices from Russia Fall as Market Risks Rise

2021-02-12

Power of Siberia pipeline generates uncertain returns in first year.

People wearing face masks walk at a main shopping area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China January 27, 2021.

China's Wary Consumers May Slow Economic Growth

2021-02-05

Lagging retail sales cloud economic forecasts.

Samples of rare earth minerals from left: Cerium oxide, Bastnaesite, Neodymium oxide and Lanthanum carbonate at Molycorp's Mountain Pass Rare Earth facility in Mountain Pass, California in a file photo.

China Raises Threat Level Over Rare Earths

2021-01-29

Shipments of strategic minerals plunge under new export controls.

Former lawmaker and pro-democracy activist Martin Lee (C) gestures as he leaves the Central District police station in Hong Kong on April 18, 2020, after being arrested and accused of organizing and taking part in an unlawful assembly in August last year.

A Reporter Looks Back: Hong Kong's Martin Lee in 2021

2021-01-25

Lee said that if we at RFA wanted to send him food while he was in prison, we should remember that he didn't like red meat.

Workers remove snow at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility of ENN Group in Changsha, Hunan province, China December 31, 2018.

China's Energy Flows Strained by COVID, Record Cold

2021-01-22

Government was unprepared for winter energy demand during COVID-19 outbreaks.

A dock worker wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) looks at an oil tanker unloading crude oil at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province, China March 26, 2020.

China's Energy Risk Rises Despite Oil Output Growth

2021-01-15

Dependence on foreign oil has climbed to over 70 percent.

Alibaba Group co-founder and executive chairman Jack Ma attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, September 17, 2018. Picture taken September 17, 2018.

China Punishes Alibaba with Regulatory Crackdown

2021-01-08

Moves to curb financial risks follow clash with billionaire Jack Ma.

A worker walks past a slogan which reads "Don't forget why we started and moved forward bravely" at the Huadian Beiran Corporation's power plant in Beijing on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.

China's Power Shortages Threaten Recovery Plans

2020-12-31

Government agency insists electricity supply is "largely stable."

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