Political analyst Courtney Donovan Smith looks at the differences in tone and substance between the New Year addresses given by Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

Celebrations will echo around the globe as the New Year arrives in different time zones, with American Samoa among the last ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration next month could be a sign that Beijing won’t immediately get hit with tariffs as Trump ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Macau’s new government to have the “courage” to diversify the economy of the world’s biggest gambling hub as the former Portuguese enclave swore in its ...

In a significant break with tradition, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration ceremony in Washington on Jan. 20, leaving Beijing highly ...

Xi Jinping describes the United Front Work Department ... Last November, Xi arrived in San Francisco for a meeting with Joe Biden – a key meeting in efforts to bounce back from the lowest ...

Economist Saul Eslake says Chinese President Xi Jinping is placing “more weight” on security matters than economic growth. Mining exports are set to be downgraded by more than $100 billion ...

In the early years of Xi Jinping’s war on corruption ... a political science professor at the University of San Diego. But there could be another potential reason behind Miao’s downfall ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping dismissed internal divisions within the ruling Communist Party as unavoidable, while calling for greater efforts to instill discipline, according to newly disclosed ...