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Boosters of growing ties with the mainland see greater business potential. But as the delayed Ant Group I.P.O. shows, peril comes with that promise. HONG KONG -- In Hong Kong, [...]

Byline: Michael Schuman Boosters of growing ties with the mainland see greater business potential. But as the delayed Ant Group I.P.O. shows, peril comes with that promise. HONG KONG - [...]

HWASEONG, South Korea -- At first glance, Energy Nomad appears to be a typical South Korean company: Just about everybody who works there is male. Crusty engineers, mostly in their [...]

Byline: Michael Schuman Glass ceilings in a conservative country's biggest companies have motivated a new generation of female entrepreneurs. HWASEONG, South Korea - At first glance, Energy Nomad appears to [...]

INCHEON, South Korea -- As President Trump leads a drive to slash taxes and pare back regulation, one major economy is taking a different approach.Under President Moon Jae-in, South Korea [...]

SHANHUI, China -- This village doesn't change quickly. The ebb and flow of the planting and harvesting seasons still govern the lives of its 3,000 residents. Some rise at 3 [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN TOKYO -- When Hiromi Otsuzuki joined the Japanese software company Isana.net as human resources manager four years ago, she was the only part-time employee. Working just 15 [...]

TOKYO -- When Hiromi Otsuzuki joined the Japanese software company Isana.net as human resources manager four years ago, she was the only part-time employee. Working just 15 hours a week [...]

TOKYO -- There is absolutely nothing sexy about bellows. But they just might be the future of Japan. The cylindrical metal products made by Irie Koken Company more resemble Slinkys [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN TOKYO -- There is absolutely nothing sexy about bellows. But they just might be the future of Japan. The cylindrical metal products made by Irie Koken Company [...]

Almost a decade after the financial crisis, economies in just about every corner of the world -- the United States, Europe, even perennially sluggish Japan -- are growing in unison. [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Almost a decade after the financial crisis, economies in just about every corner of the world -- the United States, Europe, even perennially sluggish Japan -- are [...]

LIANGDUO, China -- One crisp October morning, Han Youjun got into his silver delivery van and left this small town in eastern China. Within minutes, his van brimming with boxes [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN LIANGDUO, China -- One crisp October morning, Han Youjun got into his silver delivery van and left this small town in eastern China. Within minutes, his van [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN SHENYANG, China -- The hulking, brown-brick industrial plants lining the roads were once the backbone of this gritty city. Today, they are outdated and unwanted, and the [...]

SHENYANG, China -- The hulking, brown-brick industrial plants lining the roads were once the backbone of this gritty city. Today, they are outdated and unwanted, and the region is one [...]

BEIJING -- While investors have been preoccupied with President Trump and chaos in Washington, nerve-rattling elections in Europe and the uncertainty created by Federal Reserve policy and Britain's decision to [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN BEIJING -- While investors have been preoccupied with President Trump and chaos in Washington, nerve-rattling elections in Europe and the uncertainty created by Federal Reserve policy and [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDPHOENIX -- From his desk in a downtown workshop, Greg Hankerson is at war with a Chinese company half a world away. Mr. Hankerson and his wife, Sim, own [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN PHOENIX -- From his desk in a downtown workshop, Greg Hankerson is at war with a Chinese company half a world away. Mr. Hankerson and his wife, [...]

Byline: Michael Schuman I received a text message from my wife saying she'd been detained by police in China. We're both American correspondents in Beijing, and we've become accustomed to [...]

Beijing On a windswept lot near Beijing's main airport, Lu Qun talks up the electric sports car he hopes will transform him into China's Elon Musk. ''This is a real [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN BEIJING -- On a windswept lot near Beijing's main airport, Lu Qun talks up the electric sports car he hopes will transform him into China's Elon Musk. [...]

BEIJING -- Weijian Shan, chief executive of the Hong Kong fund management firm PAG, says the global economy is dangerous for investors these days. Years of easy money from central [...]

SANYA, China -- When Stephan Stoss arrived here six years ago, little more than lush foliage lined the roads leading to the 492-room Hilton where he is now general manager. [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN BEIJING -- The global economy is full of risks right now. Growth is sluggish, and central banks seem powerless to fix it. Europe faces persistent challenges and [...]

BEIJING -- The global economy is full of risks right now. Growth is sluggish, and central banks seem powerless to fix it. Europe faces persistent challenges and division. In America, [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN HANGZHOU, China -- In Dream Town, a collection of boxy office buildings on the gritty edge of this historic city, one tiny company is developing a portable [...]

HANGZHOU, China -- In Dream Town, a collection of boxy office buildings on the gritty edge of this historic city, one tiny company is developing a portable 3-D printer. Another [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN BEIJING -- Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump has claimed that China is stealing American manufacturing jobs. In a speech to the Republican National Convention on [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN BEIJING -- Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump has claimed that China is stealing American manufacturing jobs. In a speech to the Republican National Convention on [...]

BEIJING -- Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump has claimed that China is stealing American manufacturing jobs. In a speech to the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Mr. Trump [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN TANGSHAN, China -- The hulking, white-and-brown buildings of the Songting Iron & Steel Company stood silent one chilly February afternoon. The only signs of life came from [...]

TANGSHAN, China -- The hulking, white-and-brown buildings of the Songting Iron & Steel Company stood silent one chilly February afternoon. The only signs of life came from the handful of [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Donald Trump has proposed a 45 percent tariff on imports from China, on the theory that this would protect American jobs and promote American business. What's more [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN BLAGOVESHCHENSK, Russia -- Lured by warming relations between the two countries, Li Lihua, a Chinese entrepreneur, has invested all of her money in this frigid Russian outpost [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN BLAGOVESHCHENSK, Russia -- Lured by warming relations between the two countries, Li Lihua has invested all of her money in this frigid Russian outpost on the border [...]

BLAGOVESHCHENSK, Russia -- Lured by warming relations between the two countries, Li Lihua, a Chinese entrepreneur, has invested all of her money in this frigid Russian outpost on the border [...]

Miao Leijie loses money on each ton of cement his company produces. But stopping production is not an option. When the plant opened in 2011 to supply the real estate [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN CHANGZHI, China -- Miao Leijie loses money on each ton of cement his company produces. But stopping production is not an option. When the plant opened in [...]

Byline: Michael Schuman SHANGHAI - I was at breakfast here one recent Sunday morning with my wife's Chinese American friend and her family when I mentioned that I had just [...]

Byline: Michael Schuman The purists howled more than a decade ago when New York City was accused of Disneyizing Times Square. The peep shows and prostitutes were gone, and the [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN BALTIMORE -- The introductory film at Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine tells the story of Francis Scott Key and TheStar-Spangled Banner. As the movie ends, [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN As with so many art collections, this one begins with a story. American collectors Wilhelmina Cole Holladay and her husband, Wallace, discovered 17th century Flemish artist Clara [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Standing amid a reproduction of Baltimore's Camden Yards baseball stadium, a boy more interested in watching Garret Anderson than Pamela Anderson picks up a [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN The ancient Egyptians built grand pyramids, then filled them with treasures to honor their leaders. We do the same with our leaders, in the forms of presidential [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN The Outer Banks of North Carolina are an oddly shaped parcel of real estate and a well-known vacation destination. That said, those who have heard the name [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN SAN FRANCISCO -- Comedian Simone Alexander's city walking tour is more like a game show than traditional tour. Actually, it's more a parody of a game show. [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Okay, Jeopardy fans, here's 'Colonial America'' for $200. Answer: 'The Pilgrims stopped here on Nov. 11, 1620.'' Question: 'What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?'' Wrong. The Mayflower first docked [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN John Wayne's 1953 Corvette is there. So are James Dean's '49 Mercury, Elvis' '73 Cadillac and Jack Benny's famed Maxwell, all at home in Reno, Nev., at [...]