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In the Inkstone index, we break down China into the simplest possible chunk: a single number. What can one number tell us about China? Quite a lot.

Chinese businessmen are willing to pay to meet Trump – but it’s about the photo op, not the influence, says ex-Jared Kushner business partner Chiu-Ti Jansen.

It's not filibustering or parliamentary brawls, but there are signs of open dissent in the air at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

To many, Beijing’s annual meetings of its policymaking bodies – its rubber-stamp legislature the National People’s Congress (NPC) and advisory body the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) – are scripted, boring fare.

But there appeared to be more dissenting voices – although still mild by nature – at this year’s parliamentary…

A senior Chinese official who oversees state-sanctioned Christian churches has pledged to rid the Protestant faith in China of any Western “imprint,” calling for further “sinicization” of religion.

Xu Xiaohong, chairman of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, a government-controlled body that runs state-approved Protestant churches, on Monday attacked what Beijing perceived as “Western influence.”

“[We] must recognize that Chinese churches are surnamed ‘China,’ not …

What does Mark Zuckerberg want for the future of Facebook? Just look at China’s super-app – WeChat.

Even as his social media empire announced a new emphasis on privacy, the founder of Facebook said that he regrets not taking note of WeChat sooner.

Not because of its approach to privacy, but because its direct messaging model has made WeChat the ubiquitous app for everyday life in China.

“If only I’d listened to your advice four years ago,” Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook on Friday in response…

In the Inkstone index, we break down China into the simplest possible chunk: a single number. What can one number tell us about China? Quite a lot.

China’s first batch of students to major in crayfish have been snapped up by employers, months before they graduate.

While most college seniors are in the middle of job search season, every student specialist preparing to graduate from a two-year course specializing in crayfish run by a vocational college has already been offered employment, the Beijing Youth Daily reported over the weekend.

Jianghan Art Vocational College in Qianjiang city, central China, attracted national attention in…

US shoppers are spoiled for choice when it comes to grocery options. Massive supermarkets, discount outlets, mom and pop stores, high-end yuppie marts and ethnic markets of all stripes proliferate in even the smallest towns.

But for many of the country’s 21 million Asian-Americans, grocery shopping has always meant one thing: a trip to 99 Ranch Market.

The grocery store chain is the largest Asian supermarket chain in the US, ubiquitous in America’s largest Asian communities. Other markets may…

As manufacturing and exports turned China into an economic powerhouse in the last few decades, the country has urbanized at a pace and scale never before seen in history.

But as the economy slows and the costs of urban migration become apparent, Beijing is trying to shift the focus back to the farmlands.

Chinese lawmakers are drafting a law to underpin an ambitious campaign to revitalize China’s rural areas – part of President Xi Jinping’s plan to make China a strong modern country by 2050.

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In the Inkstone index, we break down China into the simplest possible chunk: a single number. What can one number tell us about China? Quite a lot.