President Xi Jinping relies on legions of local officials to govern China’s 1.4 billion people. A rare protest over the brutal attack of a schoolgirl has inflamed concerns over their credibility.

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, on Wednesday for his second-ever visit as his country’s leader to mark the 60th anniversary of Tibet’s founding as an autonomous region.

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.

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged the Xizang Autonomous Region to build a modern socialist new Xizang that is united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and beautiful.

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.

Feng draws on her years of reporting in China to show how the political sands in China are shifting under Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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.

President Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him the People’s Republic will not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office. Trump make the remarks during an interview Friday with Fox News’ “Special Report,