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.

We wrote two weeks ago that Beijing was expecting US President Joseph Biden to sign off “in the next few weeks” on lifting some of the tariffs that were imposed

Premier Li Keqiang’s struggle to revive China’s economy under the stringent “dynamic zero-covid” policy championed by President Xi Jinping has given rise to rumors of rifts between the country’s top

Senior sources in Beijing expect that US President Joseph Biden will lift some tariffs on Chinese imports “in the next few weeks.” Our understanding is that US officials have indicated

China’s President Xi Jinping held a video conference with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin last week to discuss cooperation between Beijing and Moscow. The two leaders discussed, among other topics, the

Our understanding from highly placed officials in Beijing is that “if the US does not continue to provoke China in the near future,” they will not rule out a video

After China’s National Development and Reform Commission predicted last Friday that the country’s major economic indicators for the first half of May would be coming in lower than expected, Premier

In the April 12, 2022, SGH Report, “China: Challenges to Q2 Growth,” we wrote: Beijing has…determined that the most urgent task is to continue to firmly take its “dynamic zero-Covid”

The People’s Bank of China initially considered a 50 basis points cut in the reserve requirement ratio for banks in its deliberations last week, but the central bank was split