China’s rise is unstoppable, president tells central economic work conference, hails ‘moral backbone’ in rare allusion to US trade war.

He vowed to crack down on the pursuit of “reckless” projects that have no purpose except showing superficial results. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.

In short, He’s and Miao’s downfall was not due to political rivalry with Xi or other senior military leaders. Rather, it stemmed from Xi’s intense sense of urgency to maintain military loyalty, driven by his conviction that He’s or Miao’s faction-building efforts threaten that allegiance.

BEIJING, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping accompanied French President Emmanuel Macron to Chengdu on Friday, a rare gesture seemingly reserved for the head of Europe's second-largest economy that highlights Beijing's focus on Paris in its ties with the European Union.

China appeared largely unfazed by the Trump administration’s tariff regime, posting a record annual trade surplus of more than $1 trillion as of November. According to new customs data released Monday,

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s long-standing and ongoing purges of the senior leadership in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), part of a larger campaign to cement a personalist,