Andrea Benvenuti’s ‘Nehru’s Bandung’ explores a neglected aspect of India’s Cold War diplomacy, starting with Jawaharlal ...

Following a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and State Council, Beijing issued a new directive to develop an advanced industrial workforce aimed at driving Chinese-style ...

The New Zealand novelist Catherine Chidgey ought to be much more celebrated in this country than she is. Do not be put off by the fact that The Axeman’s Carnival (Europa, £14.99) is narrated by ...

Take a look at the latest billionaire rankings from Forbes or Bloomberg and you’ll quickly see which countries have no ...

You don't have to be a prime minister, civil war general, Nobel Peace Prize laureate or founding father to learn the strengths of famous leaders and better your own life. You can learn a lot from the ...

By Mitchell Gallagher In the quiet backwaters of Yunnan, Dong Meihua – though her followers know her by the public alias ...

Moments of geopolitical paralysis and indecisiveness on the part of potentially pivotal powers provide an opportunity to get ...

Having someone with Tim Walz’s deep knowledge of China in a top governmental position could be a hugely important benefit ...

The Great Leap Forward of the late 1950s and early 1960s – Communist China’s revered founder Mao Zedong’s disastrous attempt to industrialise a largely agrarian country – devastated rural ...

Mao smiled and applauded ... Today Red China’s economy gasps and shudders like an abused donkey engine. The “great leap forward” that was to make China a major industrial power in the ...