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Some countries, however, are no longer as willing to extend a red carpet toward the globetrotting Chinese. Although political strings might not come with Beijing's cash, there are economic catches. The roads, mines and other infrastructure on offer are most often built by armies of imported Chinese labor, cutting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of China Inc. | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

But new classrooms and small ownership stakes don't fully solve the land-compensation issue or another major point of contention: the fact that so many Chinese have descended on P.N.G. - many illegally. Last November, in a low point for Sino-P.N.G. diplomacy, the police raided the construction sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of China Inc. | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

Later I visit the Rickshaw and meet its affable owner Liu Lianghua. The tale he tells is like a caricature of the Chinese immigrant story. His in-laws moved to P.N.G. over a decade ago because they had some family who had settled there previously. Liu eventually followed with his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of China Inc. | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

It is difficult to take Klein seriously as a journalist when he sprinkles in observations about Clinton's appearing "freckly without her makeup" and wearing an "electric-blue shift" rather than a jacket and pants. Why don't we read more TIME stories about Defense Secretary Robert Gates' facial appearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

Two doors down from former Prime Minister Taro Aso's office in the House of Representatives Building No. 1 in Tokyo, freshman Japanese lawmaker Eriko Fukuda, her hair characteristically tucked behind her right ear, sighs that her male secretaries don't know how to care for flowers. Fukuda is settling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power to Japan's 'Princesses' | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

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