On the agricultural front, rising climate risks, manifested in extreme events such as droughts, floods, and typhoons, have ...

I read “Up and Out of Poverty" by Xi Jinping, which sparked my curiosity in the method and strategy that the Chinese ...

In some parts of the country bride prices are an endowment passed by the groom’s parents to the newlyweds. In others, it is a ...

Despite the negative impact of COVID-19, the government of China announced in 2020 that it had eradicated “extreme rural ...

Last week, something highly unusual was spotted off the coast of Japan. In an unprecedented show of naval power, two Chinese ...

Rauli Virtanen is widely known as the first person to have visited every country in the world. During an interview in 2023, ...

Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.

But China’s assistance is almost entirely in the form of loans. Those loans typically had 3 to 5 year grace periods which began to expire in the early 2020s, the report says.

While the investment would be symbolically meaningful, it’s a relatively small financial commitment to addressing child poverty in the wider $7 trillion federal budget. Assuming a 7% return, the ...