All news on the topic: Xi Jinping

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Treasure Island? Any Chinese attempt to capture Taiwan would be a high stakes gamble
China is conducting another round of military exercises off the coast of Taiwan, and analysts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) suggest that, in theory, by blockading sea routes the PRC could capture the island right now without firing a single shot.
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Xi Jinping reportedly suffers stroke during CCP’s third plenary session
Chinese leader Xi Jinping suffered a stroke at the third plenary meeting of the CPC Central Committee.
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How China could take Taiwan without even needing to invade
China’s military could isolate Taiwan, cripple its economy, and make the democratic island succumb to the will of Beijing’s ruling Communist Party without ever firing a shot, a prominent think tank warns.
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The scenic garden that became China’s secretive seat of power
Above Beijing’s imperial center rises Jingshan, or Prospect Hill. From a pagoda at its modest peak, a panoramic view of the city presents itself.
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China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan
PLA says exercises launched in response to president’s inauguration will test capacity to ‘seize power, launch joint attacks and occupy key areas’
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Hungary cashes in on its friendship with China
China is Hungary’s No. 1 foreign investor, and Budapest is powering ahead in EV production.
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Dragging down the dragon: China’s economic woes are unsolvable without the resumption of market reforms
China faces mounting challenges, the result of a real estate bubble, a stock market crisis, and a growing debt burden.
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UK accuses China of cyberattacks on British democracy
Britain rolls out sanctions and summons Chinese ambassador as it points finger at ‘Chinese state-affiliated actors.’
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China targets group of senior UK politicians with string of cyberattacks as urgent meeting called at Westminster
It’s not the first time serious warnings have been made in government about the China threat
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Donald Trump's former advisor claims he said Hitler 'did some good things'
Former advisers have claimed Donald Trump often praised rulers with absolute power, including Adolf Hitler, allegedly saying the Nazi leader 'did some good things' for Germany
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Inside China's Bond villain-style Antarctic 'spy base'
A 'research station' in Antarctica being created by the Chinese government has been claimed to be a research facility, But experts say it is a military and intelligence gathering rather than an observatory
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Former Bank of China chairman Liu Liange is indicted on bribery charges
The former chairman of the Bank of China has been indicted on bribery charges, prosecutors said Monday, adding to a long list of business and government officials who have been brought down by Chinese leader Xi Jinping's anticorruption drive
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America's allies aren't thrilled about a Joe Biden and Donald Trump rematch
With a divided electorate and gridlock in Congress, the next American president could easily become consumed by manifold challenges at home - before even getting to address foreign issues
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China and Russia terrified of World War 3 with the US - due to nuclear weapons
As smaller conflicts rages worldwide, many question how possible it really is that it could descend into World War 3. But one expert has explained why he doesn’t believe that will happen
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China wants to dethrone the US dollar as the leading currency across the globe
With China striving to build up its internal economy in order to reduce reliance on the dollar, some experts say this could lead to an eventual turnover of spending power
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WW3 fears as Xi 'purges China's military and brings in generals willing for war
China's president Xi Jinping has reportedly purged through his own top military officials in a bid to replace them with individuals more willing to go to war, as the country wrangles a number of international disputes
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China's president makes chilling threat to 23million in New Year's address
China's president Xi Jinping hinted at 'reunification' with Taiwan in his televised New Year's speech in Beijing as the island prepares for its democratic election later this month
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North Korea’s Kim says military should 'thoroughly annihilate' US if provoked
North Korea has welcomed in the new year by issuing further military threats against its neighbours in the south and the United States, saying it is prepared for all-out war
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Tory Tom Tugendhat takes brutal swipe at Cabinet colleague David Cameron
Security Minister Tom Tugendhat aimed a jibe at his Cabinet colleague David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, eight years after the then PM predicted a "golden era" of relations with Beijing
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China's leader accused of 'Stalin-like purge' after minister ‘tortured to death’
China’s security services have made it near impossible to know what is truly going on, with repression and dictatorship rife but multiple senior politicians have vanished without a trace
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Handful of people left in huge 'ghost city' full of 'creepy' abandoned buildings
Forest City in Johor on the southern tip of Malaysia was meant to house tens of thousands of aspirational Chinese families, but is largely empty years after the project began
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Joe Biden shares 'only answer' to bringing deadly Israel war to an end
In a rare press conference on Wednesday, President Joe Biden discussed what he believes is the 'only answer' to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and also talked about his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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US-china drug deal as Biden and Xi to strike major agreement on killer fentanyl
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco - as Chinese businesses are reported to be fuelling the fentanyl crisis ravaging American cities
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'Keir Starmer doesn't have the luxury of listening to ceasefire claptrap'
Labour activists want Keir Starmer to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and will resign until they get it. Fleet Street Fox says he's not going to miss them
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Putin 'sent body double to China as he has days to live' claims political expert
Russian political analyst Valery Solovey claims President Vladimir Putin has just days left to live and was forced to send a body double to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping
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