The Latest Breaking News from Xi Jinping

Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s assurances that the country’s youth are “living an extraordinary time”, recent statistics tell a vastly different story: One in five Chinese under 24 years old are currently out of work, the highest rate ever recorded. FRANCE 24 reports from Shanghai, where young people say the…

European Union leaders jointly expressed concern on Friday about economic reliance on China, leaving German Chancellor Olaf Scholz facing questions over an imminent trip there with business chiefs.

‘It’s not just what President Xi says, but it’s how the Chinese behave and what they do,’ the US official said

The 104-minute speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the country’s 20th party congress reveals a leader who believes he is on a historic mission to save China’s self-described socialism in the 21st century.

China is doubling down on its at times draconian “zero-COVID” policies, even as the population may have wished for a hint at the Communist Party's congress that the rules would be eased

“It will tell future generations that even in the darkest of times, there are people who will stand up for themselves.”

Xi Jinping, poised to clinch a third five-year term as China's leader, will on Sunday preside over the most dramatic moment of the Communist Party's twice-a-decade congress and reveal the members of its elite Politburo Standing Committee.

A lonely divorcee, Xi Jinping met Peng Liyuan, when he was 33. The famous and well-connected singer would change everything for the ambitious young politician.

China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower and Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s offer a look at the future of China's Communist Party.

Social media videos by people from the Uyghur community are part of a sophisticated propaganda campaign, thinktank says

The video that purportedly shows a seriously ill 16-year-old female being ignored at a quarantine centre has gone viral.