The upheavals of the Cultural Revolution left the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party eager for stability, even as forces ...

Readers’ letters on appropriate punishment for super fund director breaches; Zionism v Judaism; kicking our coal habit; and ...

Jung Chang’s memoir ‘Wild Swans’ tells the story of her family’s rise and fall under communist rule, revealing struggles and ...

Kevin Rudd’s new book, “On Xi Jinping,” offers insightful analysis of the transformation of Chinese politics, economics, and ...

There’s a new social media platform in China. Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book” in English, is transforming shopping and ...

Utterly ruthless, fiercely driven to return his country to global dominance and no lover of the UK, Xi Jinping's past should ...

If the American consensus around Mike Tyson can be summed up by “complicated, at best,” the one around Jake Paul is a little simpler: A guy with an extremely punchable face. Jake Paul, the ...

In India, one of the world’s most polyglot countries, the government wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi. One ...

I don’t know what English teachers teach nowadays, but Sir Gil Kelley and Mrs. Roberta Tomberlin had us read classic American and British literature, like “Moby Dick” and “Ivanhoe,” respectively, ...

As peripatetic​ as he was, Fred Sparks, who was then a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, didn’t cover the ...

The Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is not an alternative to the established parties, but rather an attempt to erect new ...