Leo Timm

Reports showing that a Chinese company sold and shipped over 250,000 unsafe doses of an infant vaccine have created massive public outrage, while the communist authorities act to censor information and discussion about the scandal....

In the small Balkan nation of Montenegro, Chinese loans are driving the construction of a 165-kilometer (103-mile) expressway through a challenging stretch of mountainous territory. But the Montenegrin government has more to worry about than...

Chinese scientists claim to have built a laser rifle, the ZKZM-500, that can fire 1,000 shots on a single charge and is effective up to half a mile (800 meters). According to reports, the weapon...

Following eight years of house arrest, Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel Prize for Peace laureate and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, arrived in Germany on Tuesday, July 10. Her brother, Liu Hui, remains in China....

Now, instead of requiring permission to give birth, women in southern China’s Jiangxi Province require permission to have an abortion. Introduced in 1980, China’s infamous one-child-policy resulted in a massive decrease in the population and...

On July 3, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked guidance documents involving affirmative action, the policies widely applied across the country to promote racial diversity. Under the new policies, universities should not consider race or...

Since 2015, the Chinese government has been promoting the slogan “Made in China 2025,” which refers to Beijing’s goal of transforming China from a producer of cheap goods to a competitive powerhouse of cutting-edge high-tech...

Legend has it that chopsticks were invented by Emperor Yu the Great, who was once stranded on an island and started cooking some meat. His hunger uncontrollable, he used two twigs to remove the delicious...

On June 20, a 19-year-old woman in western China jumped off a building, killing herself two years after she was sexually assaulted by her teacher. Identified by her surname Li, the woman had been diagnosed...

The North Korean government has replaced three high-ranking military leaders, according to its state-run media and South Korean intelligence sources. The developments come prior to an upcoming summit in Singapore where North Korean leader Kim...

According to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Americans give Russia too much credit when it comes to thinking about an international rivalry. Now 81, Albright served under the Clinton administration in the 1990s....