When President Obama arrives in Shanghai and Beijing next week, he will face a prickly question that has vexed presidents since Richard M. Nixon first visited Mao Zedong in 1972: How exactly does the United States define its relationship with China?

The historic political transition under way in Tokyo is rattling Washington and has produced a puzzling rigidity in an administration known for its capacity for reaching out to the world. President Obama's visit to Asia offers a much-needed opportunity to calm and energize the U.S.-Japan relationship.

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China is facing the biggest challenge to its currency policy since the start of the global recession as economists warn the peg to the dollar risks causing an asset bubble.

President Barack Obama will have a lot on his agenda when he visits China this week as part of his four-nation Asia trip.

The decision to hold a G-20 finance ministers meeting on the Scottish coast in the middle of winter was an “interesting idea.” When we arrived at St. Andrews there was all the November weather we could want; rain and wind a plenty.

U.S. President Barack Obama leaves on Thursday on his first Asian tour since becoming president in January.

Health activists Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) claimed last week that the global recession threatens AIDS funding, putting millions of lives in Africa at risk.

The Obama administration's worldview is still emerging, but its policies toward Russia and China are already revealing. Its Russia policy consists of trying to accommodate Moscow's sense of global entitlement.

Human rights are one of the most contentious issues in U.S.-China relations that will come up during President Barack Obama's four-day visit to China from Sunday.