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Supporters of Opposition Nationalist Kuomintang Party (KMT) Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Han Kuo-yu celebrate as Han won from local elections, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan November 24, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu - RC1A9683ED30

Four experts on Taiwan’s local elections

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

A paramilitary policeman gestures under a pole with security cameras, U.S. and China's flags near the Forbidden City ahead of the visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing, China November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RC194AD3C400

How will values shape U.S.-China competition?

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

A vehicle drives past the solar panels near wind turbines at a wind and solar energy storage and transmission power station in Zhangjiakou

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is poised to transform the clean energy industry

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. Damir Sagolj: "It's one of those "how to make a better or at least different shot when two presidents shake hands several times a day, several days in row". If I'm not mistaken in calculation, presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump of the U.S. shook their hands at least six times in events I covered during Trump's recent visit to China. I would imagine there were some more handshakes I haven't seen but other photographers did. And they all look similar - two big men, smiling and heartily greeting each other until everyone gets their shot. But then there is always something that can make it special - in this case the background made of U.S. and Chinese flags. They shook hands twice in front of it, and the first time it didn't work for me. The second time I positioned myself lower and centrally, and used the longest lens I have to capture only hands reaching for a handshake." REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo SEARCH "POY TRUMP" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2017 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1B1E5EF340

Three things to know ahead of the Trump-Xi Jinping meeting

Monday, November 26, 2018

U.S. and Chinese flags are seen before Defense Secretary James Mattis welcomes Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC138EB22270

Trade deal or not, the long-range prospects for US-China relations are growing more troubling

Monday, November 26, 2018

Men work on top of a scaffolding underneath CCTV surveillance cameras in Beijing, China, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1287323E90

China’s Orwellian social credit score isn’t real

Jamie P. Horsley

Monday, November 19, 2018

Employees work at a production line inside a factory of Saic GM Wuling, in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Norihiko Shirouzu - S1AETQJGBJAA

The case for RCEP as Asia’s next trade agreement

Peter A. Petri and Michael Plummer

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

A child walks on a swinging bridge at a kindergarten in Wuhan, Hubei province, December 3, 2012. Expectations are now high that China could relax the one-child policy, or even implement a universal two-child policy such as the one in Jiuquan. Outgoing President Hu Jintao, for the first time, conspicuously dropped the phrase "maintain a low birth rate" in his work report to the Chinese Communist Party's twice a decade congress in November. That foreshadows a change to the one-child ethos, according to Ji Baocheng, a delegate to China's rubber stamp parliament who has petitioned five times for a change in the policy. Picture taken December 3, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY EDUCATION) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - GM1E91M0E8Y01

The importance of gender in early childhood education policy

Monday, November 5, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - S1AETZIEOYAA

Abe in Beijing: The quiet accommodation in China-Japan relations

Jonathan D. Pollack

Thursday, October 25, 2018

FILE PHOTO - A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File PhotoATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. - S1AETZMKZCAA

As Russia and China improve their conventional military capabilities, should the US rethink its assumptions on extended nuclear deterrence?

Tuesday, October 23, 2018