Whether it's illness, pressing preoccupation or sidelining by his own system, one thing is clear: China may be entering a ...

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 ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's unusual disappearance from public view since late May has sparked intense speculation about his health and a possible internal power struggle. With no official ...

In a system built on secrecy, no one knows the reality behind the scenes, but there are signs China’s leader could be in ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping may be facing the most serious challenge to his rule yet, as reports suggest top Communist Party ...

Speculation regarding Xi Jinping's potential retirement has intensified following a recent meeting of the Communist Party's ...

Xi has made the Chinese government more opaque while refusing to prepare for his succession. Both are problems with global ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's absence from the BRICS Summit in Brazil raises questions about China's internal politics and tensions within the alliance of emerging economies.

As well as the 100 People’s Liberation Army generals, Xi Jinping has purged hundreds of thousands of lesser military figures, ...

There is speculation afoot China’s hardline President Xi Jinping may be replaced by a more pragmatic and Western-friendly successor.

Like Mao and Deng before him, Xi Jinping has arrogated to himself great power. His model of rule makes some sense given his father’s experiences. If the jealousies and insecurities that come with ...

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 ...