The 1st session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the 1st session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), also collectively known

China’s incoming Premier Li Qiang and the four incoming Vice Premiers, with the endorsement of outgoing Premier Li Keqiang, held a series of symposiums since last week inviting retired and

In mid-January, China’s State Council reviewed and approved the National Development and Reform Commission’s plan for 2023 major industrial output targets and the NDRC/Ministry of Commerce plan for 2023 major

Over the weekend, on Saturday February 4, at 2:39 PM Eastern Time a US Air Force F-22 Raptor jet, flying at 58,000 feet, shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon over

The Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC (Communist Party of China) Central Committee will be held later this month in Beijing. Three key topics of the upcoming second plenary

On Saturday, the first working day after China’s week-long Spring Festival holidays, Premier Li Keqiang convened a State Council Executive Meeting in coordination with the heads of provinces, autonomous regions,

Beijing continues to provide absurdly low figures for the recent wave of Covid deaths across China resulting from the sudden re-opening and reversal of the country’s zero-Covid policy. We are

All eyes were focused yesterday on the historic speech that was given by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to the United States Congress, in which he eloquently outlined the determination and

Some days have passed, and the press coverage has long settled on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s highly choreographed trip to Saudi Arabia and regional tour de force which we also

The 2012 Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) was held at Jingxi Hotel in Beijing on December 15-16, Thursday-Friday, local dates. The meeting reviewed China’s economic work in 2022, analyzed the

China’s top leader Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Tuesday to analyze and study the economic work in 2023. Outgoing

Covid Vaccinations A senior economic official in Beijing notes that hundreds of cities across the country are easing anti-Covid restrictions and are “optimizing Covid measures, striking a new balance between

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