Hu Jintao

China’s about to complete its once-a-decade leadership transition, with Xi Jinping taking over for Wen Jiabao. As Wen prepares to leave office, he was surprisingly frank about his administration’s failings — and offered concrete advice to his successor.

China is known around the world as the place that makes the televisions, iPhones and iPads that are in hot demand. Their culture doesn’t share the same way, though. But could it?

Exploring how America and China became one economy and why the world’s prosperity depends on it.

By 2020, the Chinese government wants to extend health care to all of its 1.3 billion citizens. The job won’t be easy.

China’s president Hu Jintao visits Africa, signaling his country’s interest in doing major business on the continent.