China

Highlighting new areas of Chinese construction on Mischief Reef, a monitoring group says that in addition to an airstrip, the artificial island will likely be outfitted with large anti-aircraft guns and a cruise missile defense system.

World News

In South China Sea Islands, Anti-Aircraft And Radar Systems Emerge In Full Color

4:10pm December 15, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Satellite photos show what analysts say is an array of anti-aircraft guns, cruise missile defenses, in nearly identical emplacements on islands created around large reefs.

Lawyers for the family of Nie Shubin, who was executed by firing squad in 1995 for rape and murder, leave court in December 2014. China's Supreme Court exonerated Nie on Dec. 2, following years of effort by his family to clear his name.

World News

China Exonerates Man Executed 21 Years Ago For A Murder He Didn't Commit

1:57pm December 15, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

A grieving mother fought for more than 20 years to clear her son's name after his wrongful conviction. Miscarriages of justice are rarely reversed in China and this is seen as a landmark case.

After President-elect Donald Trump's conversation with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (right), and his subsequent suggestion that the One China policy could be reconsidered, a Chinese government spokesman warned that if the policy "is interfered with or

After Four Mostly Quiet Decades, One China Policy Is Thrust Into Spotlight

4:00pm December 12, 2016

by Rob Schmitz

A single phone call has made the policy a central issue as Donald Trump prepares to assume office. The president-elect says he doesn't think the U.S. should feel bound by it.

A magazine featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is seen at a bookstore in Beijing on Monday. The headline reads, "How will businessman Trump change the world?" Beijing is "seriously concerned" by Trump's suggestion that he could drop Washington's o

World News

China Expresses 'Serious Concern' Over Trump's Comments On Taiwan

10:42am December 12, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

President-elect Trump said on Sunday he didn't feel "bound by a one-China policy," which has governed U.S. diplomatic relations with Taiwan for decades, unless the U.S. and China make a "deal."

The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom

The U.S. And China: Two Centuries Of Infatuation And Disappointment

2:49pm December 11, 2016

by Alan Yu

In a new book, journalist and author John Pomfret tackles a relationship that stretches back to America's earliest years and is now more important — and challenging — than ever.

A shopper walks past a Qiaodan Sports retail shop on Thursday in Beijing, China.

Sports

Slam Dunk: Michael Jordan Wins Trademark Dispute In China

5:07pm December 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

China's top court has handed basketball legend Michael Jordan a victory in a long-running trademark dispute over the use of his name by a Chinese company.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has been named as the next U.S. Ambassador to China. He's pictured here delivering his annual Condition of the State address before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, in January.

Trump Selects Long-Serving Iowa Governor As Ambassador To China

1:05pm December 07, 2016

by Brakkton Booker

Gov. Terry Branstad, a Trump backer and the nation's longest-serving governor, has extensive ties to China and a friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping that goes back decades.

President-elect Donald Trump spoke last Friday with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen. In her first public comments, Tsai said Tuesday that observers should not read too much into the conversation. "I do not foresee major policy shifts in the near future,"

World News

Taiwan's President: Phone Call With Trump 'Doesn't Mean A Policy Shift'

9:08am December 06, 2016

by William Dobson

In her first comments since her talk with Donald Trump, President Tsai Ing-wen says she does not foresee "major policy shifts." She spoke with Western journalists, including NPR's William Dobson.

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Copies of local Chinese magazines at a news stand in Shanghai on Nov. 14, almost a week after Donald Trump was elected president.

World News

In Trump's Taiwan Kerfuffle, Beijing Has Been Uncharacteristically Measured

9:20pm December 04, 2016

by Rob Schmitz

Some are in an uproar over President-elect Donald Trump's phone call to Taiwan's president. Yet the Chinese leadership has shown no interest in escalating the matter.

Construction on the keel of a replica of the Titanic began on Nov. 30 in Suining, Sichuan province, China.

World News

Full-Size Replica Of The Titanic Is Under Construction In China

12:07pm December 02, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The new Titanic will be "a fixed tourist attraction as opposed to a moveable ship," The People's Daily reports. It will be docked at a reservoir in the landlocked Sichuan province.