CHINA
On June 8-9, Chinese leader Xi Jinping traveled to North Korea for his first overseas trip of 2026, drawing renewed attention to the evolving dynamics among Beijing, Pyongyang, and Moscow. The visit came less than a month after Xi met with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's
Patriotism No Longer Sells: Why Chinese Consumers Are Turning Away From Huawei
By Chen Jing Not long ago, China’s consumer electronics market operated under an unspoken hierarchy...
China’s Arms Giant Hit by Purge as Fallout Puts Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing in the Crosshairs
By Li Jingyao Following a leadership change within the disciplinary inspection apparatus of China’...
Hu Chunhua Poised for Politburo Entry as CCP Power Reshuffle Looms
By Li Jingyao Recent online chatter suggests that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may convene the...
CCP Aircraft Carrier Fujian Transits Taiwan Strait as Military Pressure Intensifies
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the Chinese Communist Party’s aircraft carrier Fujian transited the Taiwan Strait...
Wendi Deng, Jolin Zhu, and the Politics of Power Marriages With American Billionaires
By Yin Hua In an era of increasing globalization, cross-border love stories are often framed as modern...
How the CCP Leveraged Strategic Diplomacy to Counter the Soviet Union
By Fu Longshan In 1951, the United States orchestrated the signing of the "Treaty of San Francisco...
‘Organs Distributed Like Candy’: China’s Organ Allocation System Sparks Outrage
By Cai Siyun From Dec. 6 to 8, the Eighth China International Organ Donation Conference was held in...
Ma Xingrui Absent From CCP Mourning Protocol as Hu Jintao Resurfaces
By Li Jingyao Former Chinese finance minister Wang Binggan passed away in Guangzhou on Dec. 8 at the...
Rumors Swirl Over Possible Fifth Plenum as Hu Chunhua, Zhang Shengmin Tipped for Politburo
By Li Jingyao Speculation surrounding the political fate of former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui...