Chairman Xi Jinping once looked supreme, unimpeachable and irreproachable. He was perched high upon a pedestal he and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) erected after he became supremo in 2012. At first,

Hong Kong stocks jumped following a positive phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US president-elect Donald Trump. The Hang Seng Index added 1.7 per cent to 19,917.38 as of 9.50am ...

BEIJING--Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong to celebrate next week's 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China following a crackdown on a pro-democracy movement ...

An under cover book review by Jean-Thomas Nicole of The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China by Michael Sheridan

In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 Index is up 0.18% at 8,325.50, recovering from losses in the previous session. Gains are led by iron ore miners and technology stocks, while gold miners weigh on the index.

The reported attendance of Vice President Han Zheng will mark the first time a senior Chinese leader has attended a new U.S. president’s swearing-in.

Increases in the Government’s borrowing costs have sparked concern that the Chancellor will be unable to meet her debt and spending targets, requiring either tax rises or deeper spending cuts when she delivers a fiscal statement at the end of March.

In terms of Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems,” the only remnant today is late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s (鄧小平) nine-word motto: “Horses would still run, stocks would still sizzle, and dancing would still continue” (馬照跑，股照炒，舞照跳), and the first two are related to gambling too.

On the very first full day of his second presidency, Mr Trump said the tariffs on China were still on the table in his remarks to reporters at the White House on Tuesday. The remarks came even after Mr Trump refrained from mentioning China from the countries he was looking to target immediately.

Xi Jinping's standing has diminished due to mishandling the COVID-19 crisis, restrictive policies, foreign aggression, and economic missteps. Internal opposition from retired officials, princelings, military leaders,

US president Donald Trump has threatened to hit China with 10 per cent tariffs on all imports as soon as 1 February, despite a “very good” call with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to take his country’s ties with Russia to a new level this year in a video conference with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, hours after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.