China

In April, the US-based website Change.org launched an online petition regarding China's imprisonment of artist and dissident Ai Weiwei. Soon after...

Inflation in China soared in May to its highest level in 34 months. Prices grew 5.5 percent from a year ago.

The Chinese communist government is intentionally trying to slow down the world's second-largest economy. But some are now worried that the slow down is coming too fast. Michael Pettis, economist at Peking University in Beijing, explains.

The best way to find out how China works -- really works -- is to get out and about, as Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal came to find out on a Chongqing city bus.

In China, homes are being built like they're going out of style -- and people are buying. From Shanghai, Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal discusses what's going on with China's real estate market and whether it's heading towards a bubble.

At the end of Marketplace's two week trip to China, host Kai Ryssdal reflects on how the country has changed since our first visit five years ago and why we decided to come back.

In most Chinese high schools, outdated rote learning is the norm. But one school in Beijing is promoting creativity and independent thinking.

Navigating the roads in China's big cities can be a scary experience. Why has traffic gotten so bad in recent years?

The Chinese government wants to move people from farm to factory to keep its economy growing. But with 800 million people out in the countryside, it's not an easy feat.

In China, a student's school years are typically very demanding. But when some students get into university, they start to take it easy.