The order came from the top. China’s leader Xi Jinping wants the recent spree of mass killings that shocked the country not to happen again. He ordered local governments to prevent future ...

Gao Shanwen questioned Beijing’s ability to boost its economy as threats loom from a property meltdown and burgeoning debt.

President Xi Jinping is fond of invoking stormy seas to describe the dangers China will confront in the years ahead. Luckily for him, he has yet to encounter such extreme scenarios. A two-year ...

With Washington substantially off-guard in power transition, China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping (習近平), is intensifying an anti-corruption campaign against the top military leadership. At a glance, the ...

China's anti-corruption campaign under President Xi Jinping reached a new peak in 2024, with a record 56 high-ranking officials investigated, a 25% surge from 2023. The campaign has intensified ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Of all the relationships Donald Trump will have to manage as US president, none may be more consequential ...

Han Zheng, China’s vice-president. Several people say Xi Jinping could send him to Donald Trump’s inauguration in his place © Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images Xi ...