Zhongguo. Jiuzhou. Serice. Cathay. All are names for China: respectively, “Central State,” which gives rise to the poetic sobriquet “Middle Kingdom”; “Nine Provinces” in the Chinese language; “Land ...

Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called "country of origin." Think of it as the official place it comes from. And this is the country that counts for calculating ...

Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on helping the industry. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Baotou, China Rare ...