And it’s why they are shutting down the free press in Hong Kong, locking up pro-democracy activists and castrating what’s left of the judiciary. Xi Jinping’s regime is like the emperor with no clothes ...

Investors have started bailing out en masse. Even after Chinese regulators reassured the markets last week, setting off a huge relief rally, Hong Kong’s technology index is still down roughly 15 ...

The 21st century had been one of triumph for the Chinese Communist Party. As governments in the U.S. and Europe mishandled one calamity after another — from the 2008 financial crisis to botched ...

The Emperor Has No Clothes, And He’s Definitely Not a Tall Chinese Woman “The Emperor's New Clothes”, illustrated by Vilhelm Pedersen (1820-1859) (photo: Public Domain) ...

Dear Editor: Hans Christian Andersen published "The Emperor's New Clothes" in 1837 as a children's story, but these words are truly a parable for what's happening in our country today.

The emperor turned to face the crowd. “This is very, very unfair,” he said, glowering. “I promise you, I am the least not-having-anything-on person that exists.” ...

The emperor puts on the invisible garments, turning this way and that to admire himself in the mirror, snapping a few photos for Instagram, and then parades before his kingdom in all his glory.

Recently I’ve found myself in settings where earnest, serious-minded people discussed topics that I had difficulty not finding pointless, and the story of the Emperor’s new clothes returned to ...

SINGAPORE — I have to admit that I was rather keen to watch W!ld Rice’s pantomime for this year, a reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes.

Every schoolchild knows the story of the Emperor’s new clothes. After years of preparation and bureaucratic self-deception, the Emperor was finally prepared to model his invisible robes. His ...

as a wee lad, my father used to read me Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. One of my favorites was the story of the Emperor’s new clothes, in which a couple of crooked tailors were hired by a silly Emperor ...