published Nov 17, 2017, 11:32:14 PM, by Heesu Lee (Bloomberg) — China’s special envoy stressed his country’s stance to steadily develop “traditional friendly relations” with North Korea during talks with one of the most senior officials in the Workers’ Party of Korea, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. Song Tao

published Oct 16th 2016, 4:00 pm, by Anousha Sakoui and David McLaughlin (Bloomberg) — The billboard towers over Sunset Boulevard, a marionettist’s hand, a la “The Godfather” posters of decades ago, pulling the strings in Hollywood. It poses an unsettling question: “China’s Red Puppet?” The sign is the work of