Republicans are split on a major bill aimed at boosting the U.S. semiconductor industry, with some alleging that the legislation reeks of corporate welfare and others arguing it's key to helping the U ...

Animal Welfare in China acknowledges that China is a comprehensive challenge in animal protection. However, rejecting the cultural deterministic approach that blames China's cultural tradition for the ...

After a decades-long infrastructure spending spree, many of China’s local governments now find themselves saddled with unsustainable levels of debt and a surplus of vastly ambitious but often ...

In the spring of 2015, back when conservatives in Congress opposed corporate welfare, the Export-Import Bank of the United States was facing defeat. Congressional conservatives, including the party ...

Dr. Li visiting a rescue home in Northeast China. Source: Peter Li, used with permission. "All in all, Chinese culture does not sanction cruelty to nonhuman animals." —Peter Li, Animal Welfare in ...

Toward the end of last year, 97 Beijing-based food delivery drivers sued a number of takeout platforms and two dispatch companies for wage arrears and nonpayment of social insurance. Not long after, ...

China’s rapid economic growth over the past four decades has been accompanied by an almost equally dramatic rise in demand for meat products. In 1976, the average Chinese consumed less than 10 ...

The University of Chicago will host its sixth annual U.S.-China Forum on Nov. 16-18. This year’s event will bring together academic and policy leaders from both countries to discuss the provision of ...

Professor of Animal Welfare, Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, The University of Queensland In a controversial move, China recently reopened its wet markets, which sell fresh meat, produce and ...

Jerry Austin, a friend of Glynn Johnson, the man sentenced recently for beating a puppy, was quoted as saying the trial had “dehumanized” Johnson and “humanized” a dog. “That is unfortunate,” Austin ...