China up close

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, chats with former President Jiang Zemin, center, before a military parade in Beijing in September 2015. Former President Hu Jintao, right, is beside them.
Politics

Is Hu Jintao about to go toe-to-toe with Xi?

Ex-president pokes his head out in prelude to next big Beijing battle

11 February 2017
The campus of Tsinghua University
Economy

Xi Jinping's back channel to Donald Trump

A university advisory board could become key China-US conduit

3 February 2017
Chinese President Xi Jinping smiles after addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17.
China up close

Xi, Trump share same Achilles' heel

Both play favorites, surround themselves with yes men

29 January 2017
The Liaoning, China's first and only aircraft carrier, at sea on Dec. 24, 2016.
Politics

China flexing aircraft carrier muscle, but so far it's a 'paper tiger'

New vessel has nowhere near capability of US ships, but still boosts Xi ahead of key meeting

22 January 2017
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in Beijing on Jan. 6 (Xinhua/Kyodo photo).
Politics

Power-hungry Xi Jinping's newfound 'magic wand'

President dreams up new state institution to crack down on corruption

14 January 2017
Makoto Shinkai's anime "Your Name" has become the highest-grossing Japanese movie in China.
Politics

'Your Name' boom in China could end in an instant

Japanese blockbuster could suffer same fate as K-pop

21 December 2016
Kissinger gave Xi advice on how to cope with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
Politics

China heeds Kissinger's advice on Taiwan call

US ex-diplomat urged Xi to take wait-and-see approach to Trump

7 December 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 19.
25 November 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping was given the title of "core leader" on Oct. 27. (Photo taken from China Central Television footage)
4 November 2016
CCTV footage shows President Xi Jinping, left, and Premier Li Keqiang applauding at the Fifth Minorities Art Festival in Beijing on Aug. 18.
25 August 2016
President Xi Jinping, left, is maneuvering to wrest control of economic policymaking from Premier Li Keqiang (file photograph from March 2016).
18 August 2016
Chinese aircraft perform during a massive military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015.
5 August 2016
From front: Minamikojima Island, Kitakojima Island and Uotsuri Island are part of the Senkaku cluster, known as Diaoyu in China.
17 June 2016
Wang Qishan, right, speaks to President Xi Jinping after the opening ceremony for the annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on March 3.
10 June 2016
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2 April 2016
President Xi Jinping attends the closing ceremony of the annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, on March 14.
25 March 2016
U.S. and South Korean officials announce in Seoul on Feb. 7 that the two countries will start official talks on deploying a THAAD missile defense system to South Korea. (Yonhap-Kyodo photo)
19 February 2016
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11 February 2016
George Soros has become a foe of the Chinese Communist Party.
6 February 2016
In central Shenzhen, development projects, such as the site pictured here in January 2015, hauled off surplus soil to another part of the city without attention being paid to the risk of accidents.
8 January 2016
An event marking what would have been Hu Yaobang's 100th birthday is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 20. (Xinhua/Kyodo)
4 December 2015
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Liu Yunshan, a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee, watch a military parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10. (CCTV image)
28 November 2015
Chinese newspapers cover the historic China-Taiwan summit.
20 November 2015
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23 October 2015
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9 October 2015