Xi Jinping

The photo shows the top of the pilot’s helmet inside the U-2 cockpit with the balloon flying below

New questions are rising over Beijing’s potential willingness to offer military aid to Moscow in the increasingly drawn-out conflict

The competition between the two powers – each seeking global hegemony – is increasing pressures, risks and opportunities for other countries

Blinken and Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, held talks in Munich after the US shot down an alleged surveillance device

Beijing imposes sanctions on US companies for selling military equipment to Taiwan following the surveillance balloon incident

The president has directed national security adviser Jake Sullivan to lead an ‘interagency team’ to review US procedures

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that the companies are barred from importing goods into the country or making new investments

Beijing said it would continue to ‘firmly defend its sovereignty and security’ after a collision between a Chinese J-11 and a US RC-135 reconnaissance airplane was narrowly avoided

After three years of iron-fisted containment measures and recent backtracking on its zero-Covid policy, government officials and state media are now downplaying the risk of the virus

Following intense social protests, the government has lifted several restrictions, which have resulted in mixed feelings of relief among an exhausted population

Beijing has approved easing measures after citizens took to the streets in a rare show of public anger over draconian restrictions to combat the spread of the coronavirus

The biggest show of defiance in the Xi Jinping era, the ‘white paper’ protests, have forced his administration to ease some of the world’s most stringent Covid controls

How blank sheets became a symbol of protest against government censorship

Xi Jinping’s decision to continue with a strict zero-covid policy is becoming less popular among large sections of the population, who see other countries adapting to life with the virus

In a rare sight, protesters were heard calling for the resignation of the Chinese president and criticizing the Communist Party

The number two man in the Chinese Communist Party and likely next prime minister is a pro-business advocate of open markets, but he also ordered the heavy-handed Covid lockdown of Shanghai last spring

In the first face-to-face meeting between the US president and Chinese leader Xi Jinping since the 2020 elections, Taiwan, North Korea and trade issues were on the table

The German-American scholar – published widely during the Trump era – is studying how multiculturalism can thrive in democratic societies

The Institute for Xi Jinping Thought promotes the ideas of the Chinese leader, who on Sunday secured an unprecedented third term at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party

The secretary general, who was re-elected for an unprecedented third term, may lead China until 2032