In a move that’s sent shockwaves through global politics, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the 17th BRICS Summit, his ...

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A change in China’s leadership could be an unalloyed benefit to the United States and our democratic allies worldwide.

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After over a decade of unchallenged authority, Xi Jinping is showing signs of stepping back. From skipping key summits like ...

By bno - Taipei Office As Xi Jinping moves slowly through his twelfth year at the helm of China’s ruling Communist Party, speculation about his eventual successor, and what a sudden departure might ...

Speculation and conspiracy theories about the Chinese leader being ousted from power in a covert coup first cropped up among the fringe right in the US before being widely circulated by far-right YouT ...

China’s President Xi Jinping has vanished from headlines and stages as rumours swirl of a silent coup. Intelligence sources claim real control now sits with Zhang Youxia and elders tied to Hu Jintao, ...

Every time Xi Jinping disappears, the Western rumour mill explodes—coup, illness, collapse. But the headlines rarely hold up. What if the real story isn't about where Xi goes, but why the West keeps ...

Explore the challenges facing China's economy and Xi Jinping's leadership, including US tariffs and internal pressures.

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Over the past few months, unprecedented developments point to the potential, and potentially imminent, fall of China’s “Chairman of Everything” Xi Jinping. Chinese Communist Party elders ...