It is rare for Chinese presidents to attend ASEAN summits, with Xi only having joined a 2021 special summit virtually since he gained power in 2012. Attendance by U.S. presidents is also uncommon - Trump attended in 2017, while President Joe Biden joined Xi remotely in 2021. Biden also attended the summit in person in Cambodia the following year.

And “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary has a stark warning for investors watching the drama unfold. “I was going to make one observation regarding negotiating with Xi, which is unique to every other country,

When President Xi Jinping faced a deflation spiral a decade ago, he not only cracked down on China’s oversupply problem but also unleashed an almost $900 billion housing investment boom.

Boeing negotiates major aircraft sale to China amid leadership changes, with the deal representing China's first major Boeing purchase since Trump's previous presidency.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Tibet on Wednesday in a rare and unannounced trip to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping pushes aside his own political appointees.

Yet analysts say the Chinese leader is likely holding out for concrete deliverables before agreeing to the high-profile meeting. Trump dramatically escalated the trade war with the world's second-largest economy in April, rolling out sweeping new tariffs that prompted China to respond with its own export duties and other measures.

In other words, Xi’s iron grip on the military not only endures, it is also indicative of his obsession with breaking the PLA’s insularity and endemic corruption and ensuring that, should he need to bet the regime on the military’s prowess, it will not fail.