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.

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

The annual Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) was held in Beijing from December 10 to 11. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission,

Beijing may see friendly ties with France as a way into expanding its influence within the E.U., but is constrained in its ability to offer Paris major concessions.

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,

US president Donald Trump says he has asked Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to consider releasing Jimmy Lai, after the British media mogul was convicted of sedition in Hong Kong. Mr Trump, who previously promised to “ 100 per cent get him out ” of jail, expressed sadness over Lai’s plight but stopped short of making a pledge to secure his release.

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.

A symposium on the English edition of the fifth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" was held in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, in early December, drawing some 200 attendees who sought a deeper understanding of China and its development path.

Chinese president Xi Jinping has expressed strong support for the jailing of British media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong, just weeks before Sir Keir Starmer is due to travel to Beijing for an important trade visit. Mr Xi gave his endorsement for Lai’s conviction during a meeting with Hong Kong chief executive John Lee in Beijing.

Thousands of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – infrastructure projects to date.