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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
Xi Jinping’s Final Test: Beijing’s Power Struggle Reaches a Breaking Point
By Chen Jing, Vision Times As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convenes for the Fourth Plenary Session...
Beijing in Crisis: Xi Jinping Faces Silent Revolt as Fourth Plenum Opens
By Li Deyan, Vision Times As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convenes for its Fourth Plenary Session...
Xi’s Grip on Power Falters Amid Military Shake-Up and Rising Successor Hu Chunhua
By Li Jingyao, Vision Times As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convenes for its long-delayed Fourth...
Cargo Plane From Dubai Crashes Into Sea at Hong Kong Airport, Killing Two Ground Workers
HONG KONG — A cargo aircraft arriving from Dubai skidded off the runway and plunged into the sea while...
Has Qin Gang Re-Emerged in Beijing? Photos of China’s Missing Diplomat Spark Media Frenzy
By Cai Siyun, Vision Times Two years after vanishing from China’s political stage, former foreign...
Behind the Yu Menglong Tragedy: A Nation’s Awakening and Xi’s Waning Grip on Power
By Katherine Hu — FinalWar, Vision Times As the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-delayed Fourth...
Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao: The Reformers Who Couldn’t Reform China
By Fu Longshan, Vision Times From 2002 to 2012, China under then-President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen...
China’s Rare-Earth Power Play Backfires, Bolstering US Resolve in the Meantime
By Lin Meng, Vision Times Beijing’s attempt to weaponize its dominance in rare-earth minerals may...
Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te Rejects Xi’s Message to KMT: ‘Peace Cannot Be Built on Illusions’
The Kuomintang (KMT) has elected former legislator Cheng Li-wen as its new chair, marking the start of...