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There has been no shortage of tough news for China’s economy, as some of the world’s biggest brands consider or take action to shift manufacturing to friendlier shores. The shift comes at a time of unease about security controls, protectionism, and wobbly relations between Beijing and Washington. Count Adidas, Apple, and Samsung among those companies looking elsewhere. But as a tumultuous 2023 for the Chinese economy came to a close, there was at least one bright spot for Beijing with foreign investment: American fast-food chains have decided a market of 1.4 billion people is simply too delicious to pass...

Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty U.S. Marines. They are among the hundreds of people who have been convicted in the massive prosecution of the January 6, 2021, riot in the three years since the stunned nation watched the U.S. Capitol attack unfold on live TV. Washington’s federal courthouse remains flooded with trials, guilty plea hearings and sentencings stemming from what has become the largest criminal investigation in American history. And the hunt for suspects is far from over. “We cannot replace votes and deliberation with violence and intimidation,”...

Over the past three years, the world’s oldest democracy has been tested in ways not seen in decades. A sitting president tried to overturn an election and his supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the winner from taking power. Supporters of that attack launched a campaign against local election offices, chasing out veteran administrators and pushing conservative states to pass new laws making it harder to vote. At the same time, the past three years proved that American democracy was resilient. Former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results failed, blocked by the constitutional system’s checks...