The Latest Breaking News from Xi Jinping

The stories from Shanghai, a city of 25 million entering its fourth week of COVID-19 lockdown, have been harrowing.

China’s determination to enforce zero-Covid policies is pushing its vast, bustling financial hub to breaking point

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after six months aboard China’s newest space station in the longest crewed mission to date for its ambitious space program

As Shanghai enters its fourth week of lockdown, Chinese elites are finding themselves trapped by extreme COVID measures in a city where the welfare of lower-income residents remains unknown.

Amid ongoing tensions with Washington, Beijing criticises US legislators’ visit to Taipei as ‘deliberately provocative’.

Huawei executive warns of ‘massive losses’ in tech sector as tensions rise over strict lockdowns

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, held telephone talks on Friday with China's President Xi Jinping. Discussions focused on bilateral cooperation between their countries and ways to develop them through the joint Saudi-Chinese council. They agreed to exert more efforts to bolster the…

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping now has a bigger problem than stopping COVID-19 infections: quelling escalating anger in Shanghai before it spreads across China, creating a wider crisis of confidence in the Communist Party.

Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China’s biggest cities and fueling public irritation as infections rise

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Beijing’s draconian ‘dynamic zero-COVID’ policies and global uncertainties cast doubt on 5.5 percent growth target.