China, Trump and Xi Jinping
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Xi’s China is either a formidable competitor with the intent, resources, and technological prowess to surpass the United States or an economic basket case on the verge of implosion. Depending on whom one asks,
President Donald Trump has expressed confidence in reaching a "fantastic deal" with Chinese President Xi Jinping
With a military purge in Beijing before a major political meeting this week some analysts ask: whom can leader Xi Jinping trust?
Xi Jinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult.
US President Donald Trump has indicated that he will ask China to stop its purchases of Russian oil to end the conflict in Ukraine in his planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week in South Korea.
General He Weidong was a member of the ruling Politburo and a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. He was also a longtime personal friend of Xi’s. He’s now joined dozens of other disgraced – and disempowered – military commanders caught up in a decade-long “anti-corruption” purge of the Communist Party’s ranks.
Speculation about Xi's grip on power intensified during secret meeting that lays out the country's economic agenda for the next five years.
China has promoted Zhang Shengmin, the military’s anti-graft chief, to vice-chair of the powerful Central Military Commission headed by President Xi Jinping.
Powerful figures in China are disappearing at an alarming rate. Top generals and CEOs are being detained or purged. This trend spans both the military
After cancelling his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump is now turning to China in hopes that President Xi Jinping can help persuade Moscow to end the ongoing war in Ukraine.
No one can agree on what a likely meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will mean for China’s sputtering stock market.