Xi Jinping
Our coverage of China’s president, Xi Jinping, including his economic policy and relationship with the world
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China unveils its new economic vision
It promises many reforms, but remains ambivalent about the role of the market
Finance and economics
Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?
Vast new holdings of grain, natural gas and oil suggest trouble ahead
Drum Tower
Is Xi Jinping doing enough to fix China’s economy?
Our podcast on China. This week, following the recent third plenum, we unpack the ruling party’s vision of economic reform
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When party propaganda falls flat
To control ethnic Mongolians, Xi Jinping revives a Mao-era tool
China
Xi Jinping is trying to love-bomb China’s entrepreneurs
It will take a lot more to win back their broken hearts
The Economist explains
What is the Chinese Communist Party’s third plenum?
Hundreds of the party’s senior members gather in Beijing amid hopes they will speed up economic reforms
China
China views America’s presidential nightmare with mirth—and disquiet
Some Chinese are rooting for Gavin Newsom to become the Democratic candidate
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Songs, pandas and praise for Xi: how China courts young Taiwanese
Come for the hot pot, endure the propaganda
China
What China means when it says “peace”
From Ukraine to Gaza, China sees a chance to promote an ultra-realist worldview
Finance and economics
Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector
He balances that with being unshakeably committed to state-owned enterprises, too
China
How to provoke the fury of Xi Jinping
Two former generals are accused of betraying the Communist Party
Leaders
A pivotal moment for China’s Communist Party
Will Xi Jinping keep ignoring good advice at the party’s third plenum?
Asia
Casinos are booming in South-East Asia
Thailand could soon become the latest country to jump on the bandwagon
China
This week China could rethink its economic policy
The minutes of a party meeting show voices in favour of bolder reform