MIDLAND, Texas--Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don’t return to China, a friend warned. You’re now a fugitive.

DEARBORN, Mich. – In a different era it would have been a Shelby. But right now, Ford has made it clear that its performance ambitions for the Mustang ride on the Dark Horse. The opening days of the ...