The Chinese Communist Party has embraced the study of Greek and Latin—as, in some ways, an antidote to the modern West.

In 1978, on the eve of China’s economic take-off, the average household’s assets were worth barely $1,500 in today’s money. Now, that figure has reached about $170,000, a hundred-fold real increase.

An essay contest for public school children was a propaganda exercise in disguise, with Japan and Taiwan as the targets.

Leavitt’s comments about a possible draft hint at something far more plausible: expanded presidential powers ...

In the "Understanding signals at two sessions" series, the Global Times (GT) invites internationally renowned scholars, policy observers and business leaders to interpret the key signals from the two ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader remains the most powerful office in the Islamic Republic, but its origins trace back to the dramatic 1979 Iranian Revolution. From Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise to the constitutional ...

She is the $23m star of the Winter Olympics who represents China but has come to feel like a “political punchbag” in her homeland, the United States. Eileen Gu underlined her status as the greatest ...

I cannot overstate how significant it would be if Iran and China reached an agreement to allow oil transport under condition ...

While much of the world's attention is on the Iran war, that hasn't stopped China from moving ahead with national priorities with global repercussions. Not that China doesn't care about the war and ...

Reading discussions about Iran on WhatsApp and social media reveals something deeper than foreign policy disagreements.

After crackdowns on Uyghurs and Tibetans, a new law threatens punishment for anyone who doesn’t embrace the common language and culture.

Viewed separately, the war in Ukraine and the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran seem to belong to distinct geopolitical theaters.