Xi Jinping skips BRICS Summit for the first time amid speculation of political turbulence in China and divisions between ...

Rumours and media stories of the Chinese president’s looming political demise have again surfaced, but with little more than ...

The 17th Brics summit has begun in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro and leaders, including Prime Minister Modi and South Africa’s ...

China's Central Military Commission is its smallest in decades highlighting the personalization of Xi Jinping's control even ...

China’s debt, including LGFVs, is becoming a global headwind, too. Demographic strains are also coming to a head. As China ages, the deflationary forces spooking the population risk becoming ...

China has extensive economic interests abroad and is seeking a global military presence to protect them and to project power - including in the South Pacific. U.S. World ...

Only five weeks ago, China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, was at the center of an important restoration of high-level diplomacy in U.S.-China relations: He shook hands with Secretary of State ...

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