URUMQI, China—About a decade ago, some Western companies answered Beijing’s calls to invest in Xinjiang, an underdeveloped region in the country’s remote west. Some were drawn by the natural ...

Beijing has already made dramatic advances in the region. China has constructed a military base in Djibouti and fostered a growing naval presence in Cambodia, giving it the potential to project ...

NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader ... Beijing over control of the Himalayan region he fled more than six decades ago.