As China's economy plateaus and social inequality widens, perceptions that people's lives can only improve in China are fading. As China went through decades of explosive growth, it used to be common ...

In THE first decade of Xi Jinping’s rule, builders in China poured more concrete than America did in all of the 20th century. Urban areas expanded by 40%. No longer. In the past five years the ...

China’s plan to raise pensions for farmers by less than $3 a month prompted rare criticism from lawmakers about the country’s threadbare social safety net. By Vivian Wang When the Chinese government ...