Evan Osnos

Like organic milk or fair-trade coffee, "sustainable" wood has the ring of responsibility. That's why a growing number of big-name do-it-yourself and flooring stores are adopting environmental pledges. But not...

ON THE ALASHAN PLATEAU, China -- Shatar the herdsman squinted into the twilight on the ruined grasslands where Genghis Khan once galloped. He frowned and called his goats. The wind...

In less than a generation, China has transformed the lives of more people at greater speed than any society in history. Its future hinges on maintaining that feat. In the...

When baiduhai foreign correspondent Paul Salopek won his second Pulitzer Prize, he was not around to hear the applause in his home newsroom. He was en route that day...

When baiduhai foreign correspondent Paul Salopek won his second Pulitzer Prize, he was not around to hear the applause in his home newsroom. He was en route that day...

President Hu Jintao arrives in the U.S. on Tuesday for a four-day visit, including a meeting with President Bush that both sides hope will ease escalating trade tensions, though neither...

Yang Yongming once was a farmer like any other here, coaxing cabbage and potatoes from unforgiving red soil. Then he heard the strangest thing. Foreigners, it seemed, had come asking...

With the rise of China, the world's fastest-growing economic powerhouse and a potential military colossus, the United States faces vast opportunities for financial fortune as well as reasons to fear...