More From Matt Schiavenza
Hong Kong Protests: Talks' Cancellation Breathes New Life Into Protests
Hours after the territory's government called off meetings with student leaders, more protesters appeared in Admiralty.
Oct 09, 2014
Hong Kong Protests: Government Cancels Talks With Students
Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said the students failed to meet basic preconditions for the talks.
Oct 09, 2014
China Economy Surpasses US In Purchasing Power, But Americans Don't Need To Worry
The U.S. has been No. 1 since 1872. But purchasing power parity is an imperfect measurement, and Americans don't need to worry.
Oct 08, 2014
Hong Kong Protests: Why The Movement Lost Steam
With only days to go before student leaders meet with the government, protesters in Hong Kong are fewer in number and less motivated.
Oct 07, 2014
Hong Kong Protests: Talks Or Not, Beijing Still Has A Problem
As student leaders prepare to meet with the territory's government, the differences between the two remain unresolved.
Oct 06, 2014
Hong Kong Protests: Pro-Beijing Demonstrators Harass Journalists
Reporters covering the protests described being groped, shoved, and denied access to certain locations.
Oct 03, 2014
Hong Kong Protest Group Calls Off Meeting With Government
One of the main groups behind the protests have blamed government forces for failing to rein in pro-Beijing people.
Oct 03, 2014
Hong Kong Protesters Express Concern About Direction Of Movement As Leung Agrees To Talks
As the government agrees to meet with them, protesters have struggled to present a unified front and course of action.
Oct 02, 2014
US Ebola Threat: Five Key Takeaways From CDC Twitter Chat About The Ebola Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control held an hour-long Twitter chat to answer the public's questions about the Ebola outbreak.
Oct 02, 2014
Ben Bernanke Has Money Troubles: 'Mortgage Market So Tight I Can't Refinance My Home'
The former federal reserve chairman made the remarks at a conference in Chicago.
Oct 02, 2014
Ebola Outbreak: Fear Keeps Dallas Kids Out Of School, Patient's House Not Cleaned Up
As officials seek out at least 80 people who had contact with patient Thomas E. Duncan, school attendance in Dallas drops 10 percent.
Oct 02, 2014
Hong Kong Protests: A Fraught Word Reveals Chinese Government's Old Fears Of 'Chaos'
In condemning the protesters, an editorial in the People's Daily used a word with deep resonance in modern Chinese history.
Oct 02, 2014
Protests Aside, Hong Kong's Status As Financial Center Is Not In Jeopardy
Despite the stall in business due to Occupy protests, Hong Kong is well positioned to maintain its status as a major financial center.
Oct 01, 2014
Hong Kong Protests: Hong Kong Government Open To Meeting With Protesters
Government officials refused, however, to meet if students insisted on preconditions.
Oct 01, 2014
Hong Kong Protests: How China Lost Hong Kong's Youth
Seventeen years after regaining sovereignty over Hong Kong, China may have alienated the territory's younger generations.
Sep 30, 2014
Hong Kong Protests Barely Register In China
As protests rock the territory, reaction on the mainland has been muted: Censorship has worked, while some Chinese resent Hong Kongers.
Sep 29, 2014
How The Chinese Government Is Censoring Hong Kong Protest News
Beijing has banned Instagram, censored search terms online and published incendiary editorials against Hong Kong's protesters.
Sep 29, 2014
Whether Or Not China Replaces Central Bank Governor, Xi Jinping Is In Charge
Zhou Xiaochuan may get replaced as central banker, but China's president remains in control.
Sep 25, 2014
Taiwan's Investigation Of Xiaomi Is As Much About Politics As Cybersecurity
The island's pro-reunification government is eager to prove to skeptical citizens that it will not compromise national security.
Sep 25, 2014
With The Harsh Sentence of Ilham Tohti, China's Moderate Uighurs No Longer Safe
The lifetime sentence given to Ilham Tohti is the harshest punishment Chinese officials have dealt against a political dissident in recent years.
Sep 23, 2014
Indonesian Province Considering Draconian Laws Against Gay Sex
Aceh, the westernmost part of the country, may enact a law stipulating 100 cane lashes for those found guilty of having gay sex.
Sep 20, 2014
ISIS: Wife of British Taxi Driver Captured By Islamic State Militants Pleads For His Release
"I cannot see how it could assist any state's cause to allow the world to see a man like Alan dying," Henning's wife said.
Sep 20, 2014
Man Arrested In Fresh White House Intrusion Attempt
A Texas man who made his way into the White House was armed with a folding knife, the Secret Service said Saturday.
Sep 20, 2014
California Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes Bills Mandating Male Diaper Changing Stations In State Businesses
In his decision, the governor wrote there was no need to legislate a matter already taken up by many private businesses.
Sep 20, 2014
Ebola Virus: New Aid Worker Attack In Sierra Leone Amid Curfew
Sierra Leone is under a curfew, but villagers close to its capital nonetheless attacked workers attempting to bury Ebola victims.
Sep 20, 2014
Alibaba IPO: How Tencent Became Alibaba's Biggest Rival
By investing in mobile platforms, Tencent has emerged as a threat to Alibaba's e-commerce dominance in China.
Sep 17, 2014
Alibaba IPO: How Alibaba's Yuebao Fund Triggers Shadow Banking Concern
The money-market account started by Alibaba is one of the company's biggest successes, but might run afoul of Beijing's central planners.
Sep 17, 2014
Alibaba IPO: VIEs, The Quirky Little Structure Helping In The IPO
Investors eager to own a piece of Alibaba will have a chance when it begins trading Thursday. But they won't — technically — own it.
Sep 17, 2014
Scotland's Independence Gets Support From Unlikely Source: Pro-North Korea Paper
An editor at a leading pro-DPRK newspaper believes trade ties between North Korea and an independent Scotland would flourish.
Sep 11, 2014
One Place Where iPhone 6 Frenzy Hasn't Arrived? China, But Apple's Position There Remains Secure
China makes the world's iPhones, but is less crazy about the iPhone 6 than the U.S. Still, Apple is doing fine in the second-biggest economy.
Sep 09, 2014
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