Jared Mondschein looks at the key stories in Asia behind the headlines. Another Unfortunate First for China – Already the largest consumer and producer of coal in the world, China has now reached an…

Jared Mondschein looks at the key stories in Asia behind the headlines. Using “strength to gain friendship” - The recently released U.S. defense strategy is pretty clear on U.S. policy toward China:…

A floating restaurant is stranded in a branch of the Yangtze River in Chongqing Municipality on March 21, 2010. (Stringer Shanghai / Courtesy of Reuters) Jared Mondschein looks at the key stories be…

An employee hoses a China Railway High-speed Harmony bullet train at the high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei province on October 19, 2011. (Stringer Shanghai / Courtesy Reuters) Jared …