
The new China isn’t buying the American dream: Why Starbucks and Burger King are languishing
Both US corporations have handed over control of their business to local partners to keep up presence in a market that is becoming less friendly

Both US corporations have handed over control of their business to local partners to keep up presence in a market that is becoming less friendly

The low birth rate is one of the greatest headaches for Beijing, which in just 10 years has moved from strict family-planning rules to incentives for having children

The teenager is increasingly being viewed as the probable successor to her father, and there is speculation she could assume some kind of official position during the upcoming Workers’ Party congress

Nearly 12 years after the plane disappeared in the Indian Ocean, the underwater exploration company Ocean Infinity is launching a new attempt to find the wreckage of the aircraft, which was carrying 239 people

Beijing and Caracas strengthened their strategic partnership in 2023, but this does not entail security commitments

Experts point out that global warming is driving unprecedented weather events on the continent, the most vulnerable to flooding

Tired of the hyper-competitiveness of metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai, a new generation is beginning to move to cities like Chengdu and Changsha

Various industry analysts estimate that the acquisitions made by the Asian giant are far greater than those officially declared

Beijing is betting on an ultra-high voltage transmission system to integrate its huge renewable energy production into an interconnected national grid

Since 2023, two defense ministers have been dismissed and 14 generals appointed by the Chinese president have been removed or have disappeared

‘Today, humanity once again faces the choice between peace and war,’ Xi Jinping warned during an event commemorating Japan’s surrender in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the end of World War II

It is the first time in history Pyongyang has held a ceremony to honor military personnel fighting beyond its borders

Beijing has hosted an international competition where companies and universities test the autonomy of their androids and fine-tune their capabilities
Experts associate the rise of the ultra-nationalist Sanseito party with a crisis of confidence after decades of economic stagnation

Satoshi Tanaka, who was a year old when the US dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city on August 6, 1945, fears that memories of the disaster will fade as those that experienced it pass away

Despite its proximity to the epicenter, the Asian country successfully sent evacuation orders and warnings to alert citizens about a potential tsunami

The earthquake, measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale and with its epicenter on the Kamchatka Peninsula, has placed nations including Japan, the United States, Mexico, and Chile on alert

Illegal activities incur costs of more than $19 trillion (more than China’s GDP), slow down growth and investments and accelerate inequality

The plane crashed into a residential area shortly after starting its climb. It was carrying 169 Indians, 53 Britons, one Canadian, and seven Portuguese nationals along with the crew, bound for London

Beijing maintains official silence on the bloody 1989 crackdown, while victims’ families and activists demand justice and the truth

Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds

At least 26 people have been killed in the air raid, according to Pakistani authorities, who have promised to retaliate

Under pressure from Washington and Beijing, the Asian country is trying to preserve its autonomy while navigating between its two most powerful partners

The deputies of the NPC, the highest organ of power in the Chinese state, were evasive about the American president in their only annual meeting with the press
While the United States decides whether to ban the platform, China must manage the flood of Western users on its alternative, the Little Red Book where there’s fun to be had with cultural crossover

The Seoul government is resisting calls to answer whether the deadliest accident in the country’s history, which claimed 179 lives, was solely caused by a bird strike

Possible technological transfers from Moscow to Pyongyang are a concern fo Seoul and Tokyo, while Beijing juggles its interests to remain equidistant