Xi Jinping

Nearly four years after reaching a provisional arrangement, are the two sides moving closer to a formal agreement on bishop appointments?

Xi has tied himself personally to Russia’s leader through public declarations of friendship. Now Xi shares the reputational damage of the brutalities Russia is unleashing on Ukraine.

Xi will need to make some institutional adjustments if he is to secure a third term.

The call forms a neat bookend to Duterte's six years of controversial rapprochement with China.

Russia’s Ukraine invasion holds important takeaways for China about elite politics, foreign policy, and military affairs.

Few took it seriously when Xi Jinping first said he would consolidate control over Hong Kong. We must not make the same mistake when analyzing Xi's plans for Taiwan.

The much-touted mega-project is a fitting symbol for China’s political-economic transition under Xi Jinping.  

Answering that requires first answering another question: How much sway will previous norms hold in Chinese politics in 2022?

50 years after the famous Nixon-Mao meeting, today’s leaders can learn from their nuanced political leadership.

Pressure that both sides face from the United States and the West gives their partnership new depth.

Far from being non-political, the Games are a potent political symbol of the Chinese state’s ambitions and authority.

The two leaders reaffirmed the "no limits" friendship between China and Russia in their first in-person meeting since 2019 – but they notably danced around the topic of Ukraine.