China accounted for about 5 percent, or $441.8 billion, of the $8.8 trillion in public external debt owed by all low- and middle-income countries, according to data from the World Bank's 2024 report ...

China is a vast and powerful country, but its geography presents a unique set of challenges that affect its economy, infrastructure, and global relations. With one of the largest landmasses in the ...

China's military modernization and self-reliance reshape global arms trade, though political barriers limit exports beyond ...

In China, a striking 94% of the population lives below a specific red line on the map that divides the country into two ...

State labor programs were aimed at lifting one of the nation’s poorest regions out of poverty, but they have also served as a ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

China’s trade envoy He Lifeng met United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Switzerland for talks aimed at easing a trade war between the superpowers that is roiling global markets.

In the summer of 1987, John Michael Boyum, American surf pioneer and “a hustler of the highest order”, “a visionary and a sociopath”, according to fellow drug smuggler Mike Ritter, was ...