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 ...

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

Global views of China and its leader Xi Jinping have improved, while opinions of the U.S. and Donald Trump have declined.

Lawrence O. Gostin discusses the importance of equity and science in the face of threats to global health security.

China’s Xi Jinping skips BRICS summit for the first time. What it means for China, BRICS unity, and global economic power.

Xi Jinping skips BRICS Summit for the first time amid speculation of political turbulence in China and divisions between ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will travel to Brazil instead to attend the annual meeting. Despite the optics, analysts say President Xi's no-show doesn’t indicate a retreat from the intergovernmental ...

The absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping for two weeks is raising questions about who is really in control in China. Xi’s absence between May 21 and June 5 set tongues wagging about whether there ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s disappearance from public view between 21 May and 5 June 2025 has reignited speculation of a power shift within the Chinese Communist Party, with intelligence sources ...

Intelligence sources also observe the absence of mentions of “Xi Jinping Thought" and the re-emergence of senior party members. State-controlled media’s silence on Xi indicates an internal power shift ...