Asia Think Women Aren't Big Risk Takers? These Chinese Girls Buck The Stereotype Many studies show that women are less willing to take risks than men are. But new research, on girls from a community in China run by women, offers insights into what leads to more risk taking. Maanvi Singh
National Security Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Spying For China Jerry Lee told the judge he "conspired to gather and send secret information" to China. This is the third time in the past year a former U.S. intelligence officer has been tied to spying for China. Greg Myre
Environment Why Is China Placing A Global Bet On Coal? China has taken dramatic steps to fight climate change, including shutting major coal power plants. But now it plans to build hundreds of coal plants abroad. Steve Inskeep Ashley Westerman
Business How Canada Gets Squeezed Between China And The U.S. Canada is under pressure from the two rival powers over the Meng Wanzhou extradition case. Jackie Northam
Environment Where Will Your Plastic Trash Go Now That China Doesn't Want It? Last year, China drastically cut back its imports of plastic waste to recycle. Now the U.S. and other wealthy nations must figure out what to do with their discards. Christopher Joyce
Politics Despite Trump's Promises, The Trade Deficit Is Only Getting Wider President Trump has pushed tariffs to cut the trade gap. But the United States bought more from other countries than it sold to them last year, pushing the deficit to a level not seen since 2008. Jim Zarroli
Health Freckled Model In Zara Ad Sparks Outcry On Chinese Social Media Her unretouched face set off a heated debate about beauty standards — and whether freckles are uglifying. Yuhan Xu
Politics In Garlic Capital, Tariffs And Immigration Crackdown Have Mixed Impacts Gilroy, Calif., is known as the garlic capital of the world. Two Trump administration policies — one on trade, the other on immigration — are affecting the town in starkly different ways. Jasmine Garsd
Health Apple CEO Tim Cook Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade Talks "Both sides are talking and I always think that is always the essential thing to reaching an agreement," Cook tells NPR. The U.S. has set a March 1 deadline for the talks, which resume this week. Laura Sydell
Politics Flush With Cash, China Continues to Borrow Billions From The World Bank From an economic standpoint, China does not need World Bank loans. So why is it still a top borrower? Jason Beaubien
