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Protests over China’s COVID controls spread across country

Editorial Bureau November 27, 2022

Protests against China’s pervasive anti-virus controls that have confined millions of people to their homes spread to Shanghai and other cities after complaints they might have worsened the death toll in an apartment fire in the northwest. Shanghai police used pepper spray against about 300

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China’s Xi pledges support for Cuba on ‘core interests

Editorial Bureau November 26, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Cuban counterpart pledged mutual support over their fellow communist states’ “core interests” Friday at a meeting further hailing a return to face-to-face diplomacy by Beijing. In comments to Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Xi said China hoped to “strengthen coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs” with Cuba. The

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Biden, Xi to meet face-to-face amid superpower tensions

Editorial Bureau November 14, 2022

President Joe Biden will sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday for their first in-person meeting since the U.S. president took office nearly two years ago, amid increasing tensions between the two superpowers competing for global influence. Both men are coming into the highly anticipated meeting — held on the margins of the Group […]

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China’s Xi, out of COVID bubble, faces changed world at G-20

Editorial Bureau November 12, 2022

After a lengthy absence from major international gatherings, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is leaving his country’s COVID-19 bubble and venturing abroad next week into a dramatically changed world marked by rising confrontation. Xi will attend the G-20 meeting of industrial and emerging market nations in Indonesia, followed by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in

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Biden to press Xi on N. Korea in G20 talks

Editorial Bureau November 12, 2022

 US President Joe Biden landed in Asia on Saturday vowing to urge Chinese leader Xi Jinping to rein in North Korea when they hold their first face-to-face meeting at next week’s G20 summit. Biden touched down in Phnom Penh for meetings with Southeast Asian leaders ahead of his encounter with his Chinese counterpart on Monday […]

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China’s Premier Li Keqiang dropped in leadership shuffle

Editorial Bureau October 22, 2022

 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, the nation’s No. 2 official and a chief proponent of economic reforms, is among four of the seven members of the nation’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee who will not be reappointed in a leadership shuffle Sunday. The four were not on the list of the ruling Communist Party’s new 205-member Central […]

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US must prepare now for China invasion of Taiwan

Editorial Bureau October 20, 2022

The US military must be ready to respond to a potential invasion of Taiwan as soon as this year, a senior admiral said Wednesday, signaling heightened alarm over Beijing’s intentions towards the island. Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of US naval operations, is the latest senior official in Washington to raise concerns that China’s President Xi […]

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China’s party congress promises continuity, not change

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2022

 The overarching theme emerging from China’s ongoing Communist Party congress is continuity, not change. The weeklong meeting, which opened Sunday, is expected to reappoint Xi Jinping as leader, reaffirm a commitment to his policies for the next five years and possibly elevate his status even further as one of the most influential leaders in China’s modern history. Here

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China’s Xi looks to 3rd 5-year term as Communist Party meets

Editorial Bureau October 15, 2022

On the eve of the opening of a key Chinese Communist Party congress, party leader, head of state and armed forces commander Xi Jinping seems more in charge than ever, having not indicated stepping away from power or anointing a successor. Xi had given few signs during his steady rise through the party’s ranks that he would […]

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Xi Jinping’s power in China grows after unforeseen rise to dominance

Editorial Bureau October 14, 2022

When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be. His low-key persona during a steady rise through the ranks of the long-ruling Communist Party gave no hint that he would evolve into one of modern China’s most dominant leaders, or that he would put the economically and […]