The Globalist

What are China’s biggest challenges?

Top features on Japan’s uncertain future.

The dynamism of China’s economy owes much to small-scale entrepreneurship.

Informal markets are telltale symbols of the modernity brewing in Shanghai.

An English village knock-off serves the ritual of the modern Chinese wedding.

Shanghai envisions itself as the world’s next great cultural hub, a key site of China’s “soft power.”

The Potemkin Village that is Shanghai reflects China’s love of show.

Shanghai longs for a future that envelops the past.

Life is good — for oil consuming countries at least.

Will signing two big energy deals with Russia irritate both China and the U.S.?