Chinese leader Xi Jinping continues to find ways to consolidate his power within the Party. His latest move is to clean up house in Shanghai, one of the hotbeds for his political enemies.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is all in with his gamble on artificial intelligence. AI will have to perform magic by pulling China’s economy out of its current downward spiral and helping Beijing overtake Washington’s global primacy.

Amid an escalating crisis within Chinese telecom firm ZTE, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke at a conference for Chinese state scientists and engineers about the country’s need to become technologically self-reliant.

In a speech on July 17, Chinese leader Xi Jinping laid out another global AI order in which China will take the lead in training and collaborating on the technology for developing countries.

On a Truth Social post last week, Trump said Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping told him China “would not, under any circumstances, give or sell Weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

President Donald Trump and Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.  The Treasury chief emphasized that Washington expects Beijing to “fully meet its commitments on rare earths and U.S. agricultural products,” Bessent said in a post on X. 

It’s per a specific instruction from CCP leader Xi Jinping, who noted that the film had sparked controversy within society and academic circles and therefore ordered a delay in its release, Yuan said. 

People watch a TV news report about the meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea on May 8, 2018.

Chinese security guards look at military delegates during the speech of Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Communist Party's 19th Congress in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2017.

China’s economic slowdown and ongoing purges within the Chinese military have fueled speculation that Chinese leader Xi Jinping could escalate tensions across the Taiwan Strait to divert attention from domestic problems or consolidate his political power

(Etienne Oliveau/Getty Images) Xi and his supporters appear to be angling to have his “New Era” adopted as an element of the party constitution as “Xi Jinping Thought.”

At an investors conference held in New York City on July 19, White House top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said he believed Chinese leader Xi Jinping is blocking progress on a deal to end dueling U.S. and Chinese tariffs.

The ‘DeepSeek Playbook’ Soon after the “DeepSeek moment 1.0,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a meeting with Chinese AI business leaders and gave the founder of DeepSeek, Liang Wenfeng, a front-row seat.

President Donald Trump is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sept. 24, a few months after the two leaders sat down in Beijing on May 14 and May 15. Under the U.S.

“He told me very strongly he wouldn’t partake,” Trump said, referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. “And he knows I’d be quite disappointed.”

The report came after Trump said on July 24 that both Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed not to give or sell weapons to Iran.

"Xi Jinping has no choice but to break out of the old system," he said. "If Xi doesn't get rid of the Chinese Communist Party, then he will go down with it."

After weeks of escalating trade tensions between China and the United States over import tariffs, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has finally capitulated to U.S. pressure.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump (C) visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14, 2026.

Xi also further cemented his authority within the Party when the congress decided on Oct. 24 to incorporate Xi’s political doctrine—known as “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era”—into the party constitution.

(L–R) Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and former Chinese Communist Party leaders Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, attend a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015.

The 21st National Congress will take place in 2027, a twice-per-decade gathering that will set the lineup and political direction of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the next five years, with Chinese leader Xi Jinping widely expected to seek a fourth

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been relentless in his pursuit of corrupt officials within the Chinese Communist Party, cementing his power along the way.

The latest reform announcement came on the heels of Xi’s sharp criticism of the organization, outlined in his new book published in September, “Discussion Excerpts on Work by the Youth League by Xi Jinping.”

The president wrote on social media on July 24 that Chinese leader Xi Jinping said he would not “under any circumstances” sell or otherwise provide weapons to Iran, adding that Chinese companies would follow suit.

President Donald Trump said on July 23 that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to visit the United States in late September, with artificial intelligence [AI] set to be discussed during their meeting.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is approaching the People’s Liberation Army’s 2027 centenary with five of the seven members appointed to its top command in 2022 either expelled or under investigation.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has plans for a big shake-up in China’s security apparatus.

Fauci used the occasion to urge him to ask Xi Jinping for an invitation to tour Wuhan, a junket arranged by the World Health Organization. This trip, attended by Fauci aide Clifford Lane, returned a glowing report of how China handled the virus.

The two discussed a possible U.S. summit between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in September. This was the highest-level contact between the United States and the Chinese regime since Trump's trip to Beijing in May.