After over a decade of unchallenged authority, Xi Jinping is showing signs of stepping back. From skipping key summits like ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping may be facing the most serious challenge to his rule yet, as reports suggest top Communist Party ...

The implications go wider than covid. By making the zero-covid policy into a test of loyalty, Mr Xi has turned a health crisis into a political one.

Hints of Unease in China’s Leadership Beijing’s halting response to the protests in Hong Kong has raised questions about President Xi Jinping’s imperious style and authoritarian policies.

Ten years after Xi Jinping became China’s leader, the sense of crisis that beset his rise to power continues to haunt him, and is set to shape his rule in the years – if not decades – to come.

Behind Xi Jinping’s Steely Façade, a Leadership Crisis Is Smoldering in China Recent party purges suggest ebbing confidence in the all-powerful chairman. By Sarah Cook October 09, 2020 ...

Is China facing an economic crisis? Explore potential cracks in the CCP leadership and Xi Jinping's challenges navigating China's economic landscape.

At first glance, Chinese President Xi Jinping enters 2014 as the country’s most powerful and popular leader in recent memory but what does he really stand for?

Two months ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping looked like he would emerge from the novel coronavirus pandemic with his legitimacy and his ambitions for Chinese global leadership in tatters. Today, as ...

For Xi Jinping, the onset of major demonstrations in China’s premier financial center constitutes a major potential challenge to his rule.

Xi Jinping has called for the introduction of “forceful” interest rate cuts as the Chinese president battles to kickstart the stuttering economy. In a rare admission from China’s leadership ...