Xi Jinping smiled, and Joe Biden told him, ‘It's just great to see you,’ as the U.S. president put an arm around his Chinese counterpart. They met for about three hours, and Biden says he brought up tough topics.
Germany is divided over how to handle China. This was reflected in how Chancellor Olaf Scholz justified his visit to Beijing to his critics, and the contrast between talk on human rights and discussions about business.
In a live show taping, Lizzi Lee of The China Project's “Live with Lizzi Lee" and Damien Ma, who heads the Paulson Institute's in-house think tank MacroPolo, break down the 20th Party Congress, Xi Jinping’s leadership picks, and where China might be headed.
The renowned Dutch historian of modern China answered my questions about the just-concluded Party congress, and why my youthful dreams of a more open China were always going to be disappointed.
How did business respond to last week’s Party meeting that set Xi Jinping up for another decade of dominance? Badly, says Dexter Tiff Roberts, author of “The Myth of Chinese Capitalism,” amid existential angst about what role the private sector will be allowed to play in Xi’s new era.
Since the conclusion of the Communist Party’s 20th congress, Xi Jinping has appointed new officials to top leadership positions — including the man who will run China’s global image.
China’s ruling Communist Party has named the top leaders that will govern the country for the next five years. Unsurprisingly, Xi Jinping is in charge.
What does it mean when Xi Jinping tells China and the world that he is far more focused on security than on the struggling economy? Dexter Tiff Roberts, author of "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism," is not optimistic.
Susan Shirk, research professor and chair of the 21st Century China Center of UCSD, details China's rise from a fragile superpower to global heavyweight, posing a challenge to the U.S. economically, technologically, and militarily.