The European Commission stood by its position in an ongoing dispute with China over plans to charge airlines flying to Europe for their carbon emissions, raising the stakes ahead of an EU-China summit in Beijing next week. More »

Mao worship gets a lot of jokey commentary, but it really does seem to be on the verge of becoming a religion. It has that necessary combination of commercial and spiritual fervency: Wang Zhilin, a Hunan businessman living in Beijing,...

Beijing’s ban on Chinese airlines complying with a European Union charge on carbon emissions, escalates a dispute that risks becoming a trade war

by Yu Zhixiao, from Xinhua BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Russia and China’s double veto of an Arab-European draft resolution on Syria Saturday was aimed at further seeking peaceful settlement of the chronic Syrian crisis and preventing possible drastic and risky solutions to it. It was the second time since last October that Russia and

I'm back! With a filthy cold, but newly cleansed ears, having had a doctor with a little machine suck out great gobbets of Beijing ear-shit yesterday. The world is a surprisingly noisy place. Should any of you have missed me...

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao says Beijing is considering greater involvement in the eurozone's rescue funds, the temporary European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the upcoming European Stability Mechanism (ESM). More »

Angela Merkel, German chancellor, is on a visit to Beijing to reassure China that its continued investment in euro assets is safe

Lawmakers and trade groups demand action to curb imports following Beijing’s decision to impose duties on US cars and SUVs in December

I've used the phrase 'giant sucking sound' in the metaphorical sense about China before. This time it's entirely literal: As Beijing and Tianjin began borrowing water from the Yellow River, many other provinces along the river, including Qinghai, Shaanxi, Henan,...

Beijing has pledged to respect a WTO ruling that its policies to limit raw material exports violated international trade rules