Steve Van Beek on rafting a wild whitewater river in China -- where no human has ever been before.

Let a hundred modems bloom: By Andrew Leonard. As the Net grows in China, the authorities keep looking for ways to control it.

In this excerpt from his new book, 'Won Ton Lust,' John Krich discovers an edible legend in Chengdu, China.

A Jew in China discovers the travails of life in a land where Westerner equals Christian.

Andrew O'Hehir reviews 'Red Corner' directed Jon Avnet and starring Richard Gere and Bai Ling.

The world's most populous country could single-handedly wreck the global environment.

The real winners of the China-Hong Kong handover are the vicious triads whose influence now extends to 1 billion people.

Simon Winchester's Hong Kong Diary -- Fifth Installment, June 30: Just what did China's president Jiang Zemin mean by "vicissitudes"?"

The glitterati pour into Hong Kong four days before handover

Hong Kong Diary by Simon Winchester

In the military, that means rape and pillage at will -- and in your own ranks.

Banging the drum for CIA-crack conspiracy theories, questioning the sex charges brought against black Army officers by white enlisted women and passionately defending affirmative action, confrontational Rep. Maxine Waters has risen to the top level of black political leadership.

Hong Kong's last British governor winds down years of bad fung shui and ponders the future of democracy in the crown colony.

"Tea leaves and witchcraft" are keeping hundreds of qualified, innocent people out of government jobs.

Timothy McVeigh is toast

As China prepares to swallow Hong Kong, one imperiled dissident refuses to leave his country.

David Futrelle reviews "Troublemaker: One Man's Crusade Against China's Cruelty" by Harry Wu with George Vecsey.