A profile of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.

The perilous routes through which information—video footage, secret documents, radio broadcasts—flow in and out of North Korea through its porous borders with China.

How the social networks that popped up in Facebook’s absence—the site is not available behind the Great Firewall—are changing Chinese culture.

The fever-dream life and death of Chinese poet Gu Cheng.

On boot camps designed to break kids of their web addiction.

A profile of Yao Ming published during his second season in the NBA.

Western execs on what it’s like to be taken over by a Chinese firm.

America, China, and the case for coal as a vital weapon in the war against climate change.

On the religious revival underway in China.

On China’s modern-day Communist Party and why foundational myths can never be shed.

Are we at war? The U.S. government’s evolving response to cyber security and its impact on privacy.

The world’s population is rapidly getting older. How China and other countries stocked with young workers are taking advantage.

Nicky Louie and the Ghost Shadows.

Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong tabloid tycoon, thinks he’s found the future of journalism: an animation assembly line that can crank out clips recreating–or anticipating, or imagining–breaking news.

The number one item confiscated by U.S. customs for four years in a row: fake shoes. As brands continue to crack down, counterfeiters continue to up their game.

An American, born into privilege, became a bootleg DVD kingpin in Shanghai and then, in an unprecedented development, landed in Chinese prison.

When members of China’s massive bulletin-board forums perceive wrongdoing, they form a “human flesh search engine” and seek out real world vigilante justice.

Both the Chinese government and private matchmakers are laboring to unite people who lost spouses and children in the earthquake.

From Hong Kong to Bangkok to the Golden Triangle, the author searches for something everyone says no longer exists: an opium den.

Las Vegas casinos operating in Macau rely on “junkets” to bring in the gambling elite, but the money and murder for hire trails lead straight to the Triads.

China is securing sub-Saharan Africa’s natural resources at a staggering rate. With the buying spree comes contracts, workers, and of course, politics. (Part 1 of a 6 part series, rest here)