Yesterday President Obama set his sights on improving energy efficiency in the U.S. by 20% in under a decade. China thinks that's a great idea--so great, in fact, that it did the same thing in less than half the time.READ»
Twitter is banned in China--all sorts of culturally-polluting ideas might leak through the Great Wall if the government let citizens use it. So there are state-monitored local alternatives. And the President's just joined one. A new ...READ»
I ask Xiao Ye, an Africa statistical researcher for the World Bank, whether a clear chart or table exists laying out the full extent of China's economic involvement in Africa. "I don't know anyone who has done such a ...READ»