Asia & the Pacific

Watching the online gamers in China

In China, how three big issues -- digital divides, internet cafes, and online games -- are spilling into each other.

How a reported 30,000 internet police affect online and offline life in China

The impact of the internet is evident in many ways in China

President travels to a country with volatile views of U.S.

That's the number of people in India who think China will replace the U.S. as the world's leading superpower at some time during the next 50 years. About a third (32%) think this will happen in the next 10 years.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life today released the results of a 10-country survey of pentecostal and charismatic Christians, two large and fast-growing groups whose socially conservative views are impacting religion and politics worldwide.

Executive Summary By all accounts, pentecostalism and related charismatic movements represent one of the fastest-growing segments of global Christianity. According to the World Christian Database, at least a quarter of the world’s 2 billion Christians are thought to be members of these lively, highly personal faiths, which emphasize such spiritually renewing “gifts of the Holy […]

China’s Neighbors Worry About Its Growing Military Strength

Before Today’s Birth, the Public Was Ready for a Change