China’s people, as is sometimes said, are “trying to breathe,” hoping to find some freedom from central control. Four female college students in the central city of Zhengzhou tried to breathe in June ...

Concerns over China’s economic challenges have been rife in recent years. The Chinese economy grew at its slowest annual pace in a year during the July-September quarter, growing 4.8%, in line with ...

China has suspended export controls announced this month, but was conspicuously silent about rules imposed earlier, which are snarling global supply chains. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Beijing ...