India has always been a strong advocate of complete disarmament, which it believes is the only way to peace and prosperity ...

The historical issues in East Asia have long been a blindspot for the United States. Time to start paying attention.

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Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, was a high-ranking Communist official under Mao. He fell from grace but later returned ...

JAKARTA--The Indonesian government's plan to release new history books has sparked concerns that some of the country's darkest chapters could be recast to show President Prabowo Subianto and late ...

Baoguo Temple Old Book Market in Xicheng district, Beijing, is one such venue. Open from 9 am to 6 pm every Saturday and ...

NO LONGER HUMAN (177 pp.)—Osamu Dazai—New Directions ($3.50).One day in 1948, aged 38, Japanese Novelist Osamu Dazai committed suicide by jumping into Tokyo's Tamagawa Reservoir.

CSIS and Japan’s 21st Century Public Policy Institute have looked at the cases of five such firms (Huawei, Lenovo, Suntech, Shanghai Auto, and China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock), examining the ...

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Thirteen scenes chronicle the Battle of Shanghai in 1937; also known as the Battle of Songhu or the "August 13 Incident". This was the first major engagement fought between the National Revolutionary ...