World They flocked to build China's cities. Now builders are aging with little retirement A booming migrant workforce helped propel China's growth in the past four decades. Now those workers are approaching retirement age and straining local governments and social services. Emily Feng
World Affluent Chinese have been moving to Japan since the COVID lockdowns Middle- and upper-class Chinese are joining a migration wave to Japan. Anthony Kuhn
World Taiwan's China-skeptic ruling-party candidate wins presidential election Lai Ching-te of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party is Taiwan's new president-elect, after a three-way election that will determine the self-ruled island's future stance towards China. Emily Feng
National China promises pandas for the U.S. on the 45th anniversary of the two nations' ties Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. — specifically California — by year end. The Associated Press
World A year after China ended its harsh COVID policies, it's struggling to rebound A year ago, China lifted its draconian COVID restrictions. Many expected the country to bounce back quickly. That hasn't happened. John Ruwitch
World What North Korea's shift toward Russia means for its global strategy Since the collapse of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington in 2019, analysts see a major shift in North Korea's foreign relations. It has turned increasingly to Moscow. Anthony Kuhn
Politics Taiwan is driving China-U.S. tensions. Meet the person right in the middle Chinese leader Xi Jinping called Taiwan the "most important" and "most sensitive" issue driving U.S.-China tensions. Sandra Oudkirk is trying to navigate that tricky terrain. Emily Feng
Technology Meta warns that China is stepping up its online social media influence operations China has become the third most common source of foreign influence operations, behind Russia and Iran, according to the owner of Facebook and Instagram. Shannon Bond
Politics More pandas will be coming to the U.S., China's president signals After meeting with President Biden in California, President Xi Jinping signaled that he will send new pandas to the U.S., calling them "envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples." The Associated Press
World Did Biden and China's Xi hit a reset? Not quite, but they did agree on a few things After hours of talks, the two leaders emerged with agreements to cooperate. Biden even said he and Xi agreed that they should be able to pick up the phone and talk with one another whenever they want. John Ruwitch Vincent Ni
