China

AsiaSociety.org articles, op-eds, videos and blog posts on China.

An introductory essay on the art of Chinese writing.
A look at Chinese traditions of ancestral rites and divination.
A short introduction to Buddhism in China.
A chronology of nuclear weapon technology proliferation.
The US and China still hide behind each other when it comes to setting limits on greenhouse gases, writes Orville Schell.
Students create an illustrated atlas of trade goods along the Silk Roads.
One out of five people on earth speak Chinese.
Bill Emmott on his new book, Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India, and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade.
Reporter's coverage of China's Three Gorges Dam helps break official taboos, prompts discussion inside China.
CHENGDU, China, May 29, 2008 — Chinese state media said that two aftershocks struck Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces Tuesday afternoon as the...