China signals focus on reforms and leaner, cleaner growth

BY KEVIN YAO AND XIAOYI SHAO

BEIJING Wed Mar 5, 2014 7:10am EST

(Reuters) - China sent its strongest signal yet that its days of chasing breakneck economic growth were over, promising to wage a "war" on pollution and reduce the pace of investment to a decade-low as it pursues more sustainable expansion.

U.S. says 'not at all concerned' about Japan's plutonium

VIENNA Wed March 5, 2014 10:46 am EST

(Reuters) - The United States is not worried about Japan's plutonium stocks , a senior U.S. diplomat Said on Wednesday, Following criticism raised by China in a new quarrel Between the east Asian neighbors.

SEOUL: NKOREA FIRES 2 MORE MISSILES AMID US DRILLS By HYUNG-JIN KIM — Mar. 3, 2014 5:15 AM EST

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  South Korean Army's 130mm rocket launchers fire multiple live rounds falling on an exercise as possible against attacks from North Korea in Goseong, South Korea, Monday, March 3, 2014. North Korea fired two additional short-range missiles Suspected into the sea Monday amid Ongoing military exercises Between Seoul and Washington, All which the North calls a preparation for an attack, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo / Yonhap, Lee Jong-gun) KOREA OUT
  

CHINA'S XI AMASSES POWER TO TACKLE GRIM CHALLENGES By GILLIAN WONG — Mar. 3, 2014 3:43 AM EST

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  FILE - In this Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, is surrounded by onlookers and television crew during an unannounced visit to a residential alley in Beijing. Xi looks more powerful than any Chinese leader in recent decades as his government prepares to deliver its first one-year report card Wednesday, March 5 but a deadly weekend slashing spree by alleged separatists was a reminder of the serious challenges facing his administration. In recent weeks, Xi has put himself in charge of a new top-level party committee focused on steering state security, a panel on driving sweeping economic reforms, and another on cybersecurity. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUT
  

China's Bad Emperor Problem

Francis Fukuyama is a professor of political science at Stanford University and author of "The End of History and the Last Man" and "The Origins of Political Order." His comments here are adapted from his remarks at the 21st Century Council meeting in Beijing in November.

The Five Reasons Why China Works

Professor Zhang Weiwei is the director of the Center for China Development Model Research, Fudan University and director of the Institute of China Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. His recent publications include a bestseller in China "The China Wave, Rise of a Civilizational State."