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Xi Jinping's Health After the Trump-Xi Summit: Why the West Wing Scoop Matters and What CCP Succession Could Mean for the World
Five hours in a quiet West Wing room: the WSJ scoop that has Xi watchers asking questions
I take most China scoops with a truckload of salt, but the Wall Street Journal's report of Xi Jinping resting for hours in a quiet West Wing room fee...
Trump–Xi summit: Compare notes - and uh oh, what have we got here?
The Summit is over - time to compare notes…
Well, Chairman Xi has landed safely back home and settled into his imperial compound at Zhongnanhai. President Trump is back to the daily churn of the Oval Office. The dinner plates have been cle...
Trump–Xi summit: Xi got the “face” 面子—but did Trump get the substance 裏子?
Chinese state media are awash with the approved phrases: “partners rather than rivals”, “a constructive relationship of strategic stability”, “mutual respect”, “friendship between peoples”… and that’s only the opening course.
I’m sure you...
Trump–Xi summit rumour mill: Does Xi Jinping holding Peng Liyuan’s hand signal ill health?
Trump was waiting at the foot of the aircraft stairs when Xi’s plane arrived. It was quite a welcome. Both men had a home audience watching. Ahead of November’s midterms, Trump wants to look like the man who can face down America’s chief ri...
Forget the Trump-Xi Summit: The Real China Story Is What They Allow You To See
Western reporting on China can be fiercely critical while operating inside boundaries Beijing has set.
The world is watching the Xi-Trump summit and some may have noticed the expulsion of two senior Chinese generals. But for me, the bigger...
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Trustee of UK-China Transparency, editor of the SOAS China blog and former Head of BBC Chinese. Born in Mao’s China, Howard Zhang uses lived experience and OSINT to decode Party language and what Beijing’s words — and silences — mean.
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