Most of the noise in India's public conversation is about things that happened last week. Here are five things that are reshaping India's position in the world over the next decade — and that aren't getting nearly enough...

There is a peculiar psychological tic in Indian strategic thinking — and, to be fair, in Western strategic thinking too — that treats China as an ever-ascending, essentially invincible force against which everyone else i...

A 28-year-old Chinese man who is diagnosed with terminal cancer wanted to experience the joys of wedding ceremony but did not want to leave a grieving widow. So he chose not to marry a human but instead marry a sex doll....

is advertising for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing number of death sentences, usually done by public beheading. No special qualifications are needed for the jobs whose main role...

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Saudi business magnate, investor and the member of the Saudi royal family says oil will never be at $100/ barrel. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo for USA TODAY he enlists his reasons for d...

China could be considering relaxing its harsh one-child policy because of women like Hu Yanqin, who lives in a village at the edge of the Gobi desert. Hu lives in the Jiuquan region in Gansu province, one of the rare pla...

As recently as 2006, when I first visited India and China, the economic race was on, with heavy bets being placed on which one would win the developing world sweepstakes. Many Westerners fervently hoped that a democratic...

Fears that the end of the world is nigh have spread across the world with only days until the end of the Mayan calendar, with doomsday-mongers predicting a cataclysmic end to the history of Earth. Ahead of December 21, w...

Apple is Wall Street's all-time MVP -that's Most Valuable Property. On Monday, Apple's surging stock propelled the company's value to $624 billion, the world's highest, ever. It beat the record for market capitalization...

Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, predicted "horrible problems" in the coming years as cloud-based computing takes hold. Wozniak, 61, was the star turn at the penultimate performance in Washin...

Apple has paid $60 million to settle a dispute in China over ownership of the iPad name, a court announced Monday, removing a potential obstacle to sales of the popular tablet computer in the key Chinese market. Apple's...

Salman Rushdie, who has more personal experience with the consequences of censorship than almost any living writer — his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses prompted a fatwa calling for his death, forced him into hiding for ne...

When blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in April 2012 after escaping from house arrest, he created one of the most delicate diplomatic crises of Hillary Clinton's tenure a...

Economic Policy and Development: India's Evolving Path India's economy has undergone dramatic transformation in recent decades. Understanding this transformation and ongoing debates is essential for informed citizenship....

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

China's decision to issue stapled visas to Arunachal Pradesh residents is a good omen, observers of India-China border negotiations, said. It means China accepts people of Arunachal to be Indian citizens, which is major...