Hu Jintao

Much has been made of what Xi Jinping’s past will mean for his presidency. We shouldn’t read too much into it.

Much has been made of what Xi Jinping’s past will mean for his presidency. We shouldn’t read too much into it.

Xi Jinping, expected to succeed Hu Jintao as Chinese president, has arrived in the U.S. for key meetings.

The apparent detention of Chongqing Police Chief Wang Lijun is a blow to populist politician Bo Xilai. And could be a sign of where China is headed.

The implications of theater funding go well beyond the arts. It can say much about a country’s geostrategy.

North Korea looms over ties between China and South Korea. Indeed, the future of the North Korean regime goes to the very heart of longstanding tensions.

Last year was a tough one for Chinese dissidents. With the Communist Party keen for stability as the leadership transition unfolds, 2012 could well be worse.

China will likely manage a soft landing in 2012. But economic imbalances in the Year of the Dragon will challenge the Chinese Communist Party.

Hu Jintao warned that China was in a cultural war with the West. But the real problems are at home.

Hu Jintao warned that China was in a cultural war with the West. But the real problems are at home.

The most important global trend is the emergence of a great people from millennia of despotic rule, says Gordon Chang. The Chinese people, in short, are the world’s unstoppable force.

Hu Jintao warns China is engaged in a cultural war with the West and hostile international forces.