Recent rumors and Xi Jinping's absence fueled speculation about his potential departure, intensified by leadership purges and ...

Latest developments inside the Communist Party of China have sparked speculation that President Xi Jinping is secretly ...

Speculation regarding Xi Jinping's potential retirement has intensified following a recent meeting of the Communist Party's ...

There is no clear successor, but General Zhang Youxia in particular remains important. General Zhang is the first vice president and key military face of China's powerful Central Military Commission.

Xi has made the Chinese government more opaque while refusing to prepare for his succession. Both are problems with global ...

In the early years of Xi Jinping’s war on corruption, the Chinese leader consolidated control over the world’s largest military by taking down powerful generals from rival factions and ...

Xi Zhongxun was purged by the Communist Party he served and went on to help reform Chinese politics. His son is the most authoritarian leader since Mao. Xi Jinping, left, with his father, Xi ...

Xi Jinping has been preparing for this moment for years. In April 2020, long before President Trump launched a trade war that would shake the global economy, China’s top leader held a meeting ...