The shared thread in all these rumors is the idea that a powerful group of party elders with access to insider information—leaders and high-level cadres who have usually stepped back from active ...

Given China’s importance to the world economy and its ongoing competition with the United States for global power and legitimacy, the opaqueness of China’s political system and its lack of an ...

Ambassador to the U.S. Xie Feng named Taiwan, democracy and human rights, China’s political system, and development rights as ...

Under Xi Jinping, China’s political system has moved from collective leadership to centralized personal rule. In this video, we explore the key reforms, anti-corruption campaigns, constitutional ...

Zhang Wei says China will not impose its values and political systems upon others, adding that it is committed to cooperation ...

American hopes for political reform in China faded years ago, and now hopes for economic liberalization are fading too.

Since its launch, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has struggled to cope with the political challenges of infrastructure development in low-income and often politically unstable developing ...

Thirteen years after Xi Jinping ascended to the top of China’s leadership hierarchy, observers in Washington remain deeply confused about how to assess his rule. To some, Xi is the second coming of ...

Cases of domestic violence in China point to a legal system that looks good on paper but is failing victims because of a lack ...

An Australian spy chief on Tuesday accused Chinese security services of widespread intellectual property theft and political ...

While Western central banks such as the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve often talk ...