China’s President Xi Jinping gave three instructions to officials on how to respond to the street demonstrations against Beijing’s restrictive “dynamic zero” Covid policy that erupted over the weekend across
Chinese officials believe the recently concluded APEC and G20 Bali summits have greatly enhanced China’s regional and global influence, and proudly note that during the summits, in addition to talks
For all the ink that has been spilled over the just concluded three-hour meeting between the leaders of the world’s number one and number two economies in Bali, Beijing has
On the heels of a post Party Congress market swoon, and amid mounting Covid lockdowns across China, beaten down Chinese shares rallied sharply overnight on social media rumors that a
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has formally established the absolute authority of Xi Jinping. An era of worship for Xi Jinping is coming. While a
Chips Ban Retaliation Our understanding is that five ministries and commissions under China’s governing State Council are jointly studying countermeasures against the latest round of US chips bans against China.
The 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee concluded its seventh plenary session in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon, local time (October 12). Xi Jinping Thought Through 2049 As we have
Senior officials in Beijing offered the following comments separately on the OPEC+ decision on October 5 to cut production by 2 million barrels, military cooperation with Russia, and the recent
Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24 of this year, world leaders have looked to China’s President Xi Jinping to step in as a potential moderating influence
The last meeting of China’s Politburo (Political Bureau of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee) that was held on September 9 confirmed the slate of candidates for the
A statement made by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on the eve of a summit meeting last Thursday with China’s President Xi Jinping in Samarkand that he understands China’s “questions and
China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will attempt to send a big signal to the world during their talks at the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) summit to
20th National Party Conference Beijing will soon announce a date for the long-anticipated 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Our understanding is that it will be
The leadership in Beijing compressed a regular series of economic planning summer meetings of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission (CFEAC) into two days this year to allow time
Markets are breathing a sigh of relief, even while hardliners across China are expressing anger and frustration, that US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has not
In our report from earlier this morning we outlined some of the military responses that have been prepared by Beijing should US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi indeed follow
Despite, or perhaps hardened by numerous public threats from Beijing, and despite efforts from the White House to dissuade US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, it has been all
A senior official in Beijing provides the following briefing on the telephone conversation between China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Joseph Biden on Thursday night/early Friday morning local time.
On Tuesday, after three months of postponements, China’s Vice Premier Liu He and European Commission Executive VP for Economy and Trade Valdis Dombrovskis held a video link for what was
Sources in Beijing have offered a rare glimpse into discussions between senior leaders in China and Russia regarding the war in Ukraine, as well as their assessment of the conflict.
