In a move that’s sent shockwaves through global politics, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the 17th BRICS Summit, his first absence since taking power in 2012. While Beijing claims it was due to ...

A change in China’s leadership could be an unalloyed benefit to the United States and our democratic allies worldwide.

Leading a party of allies solves some problems, but Mr Xi appears wary that it can create new ones, too. Those chosen for ...

Top EU leaders told their Chinese counterparts at a summit in Beijing on Thursday that Beijing must do more to level the huge ...

Every time Xi Jinping disappears, the Western rumour mill explodes—coup, illness, collapse. But the headlines rarely hold up. What if the real story isn't about where Xi goes, but why the West keeps ...

Explore the challenges facing China's economy and Xi Jinping's leadership, including US tariffs and internal pressures.

Political and economic pressures might force Chinese president and overall leader Xi Jinping to delegate some of his powers to his deputies in a highly significant move. This has prompted some ...

China’s President Xi Jinping has vanished from headlines and stages as rumours swirl of a silent coup. Intelligence sources claim real control now sits with Zhang Youxia and elders tied to Hu ...

Over the past few months, unprecedented developments point to the potential, and potentially imminent, fall of China’s “Chairman of Everything” Xi Jinping. Chinese Communist Party elders ...

Trump received mostly negative ratings in a survey of 24 nations but few people had confidence in either Trump or Xi to do ...