Xi Jinping

China’s president made the pitch at a national conference on April 8: the country needs a demand-driven approach to developing its services sector. Xi Jinping outlined a strategy built on reform, technological upgrades, and international cooperation to stabilize an economy that has been stubbornly resistant to stabilization. The policy blueprint…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday described Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin as "neutral" during the war ​with Iran, saying they had not thwarted his efforts to curb ‌Tehran's nuclear ambitions. "I just want to thank them because they made it a lot better," Trump said…

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China’s ruling Communist Party has announced a new branch of President Xi Jinping’s political thought, which stresses governing the party with discipline and unified leadership. During a national conference on party building on Monday, the concept of “Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building” was hailed as “a milestone in the…

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U.S. President Donald Trump has wrapped up his visit to Beijing after a crucial series of meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade, technology and Taiwan. The presidents claimed important progress in stabilizing U.S.-China relations even as deep differences persist between the two biggest world powers.…

A messy war in the Middle East. Tensions in Taiwan. When the leaders of the world’s two superpowers met in Beijing this week, these were the flashpoints everyone expected they would talk about. Instead, Chinese leader Xi Jinping threw another, ancient war, into the mix. In his opening remarks on…

For this week’s Letter from Trump’s Washington, Antonia Hitchens is filling in for Susan B. Glasser. The endless motorcades and wail of sirens in Washington this week made it seem as if the President were travelling non-stop around the city, or receiving a bevy of foreign dignitaries. As it happened,…

in brief China has maintained that Taiwan is its primary strategic focus in its relationship with the United States. Donald Trump is in Beijing on a state visit that looks increasingly unlikely to secure any major political wins. China's Xi Jinping warned United States President Donald Trump that their two…