Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting China to talk with CCP leader XiJinping and other officials. Find out what is up for discussion—and what's next for U.S.-China relations.
President Biden was in Pennsylvania this weekend.
XiJinping, by jailing his opponents, has raised the cost of losing political struggles. XiJinping knows this. He's now got total accountability, which means he can be blamed, plus he knows that he can lose everything.
News analysis
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) state-run media ran editorials one after another to advocate “struggle,” shortly after Chinese leader XiJinping required communist cadres to “stick to principles and dare to struggle.”
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader XiJinping recently emphasized the problem of food security, saying that ensuring grain security should be a “national security” concern.
"XiJinping was at a loss as to what to do, and then compromised with Zeng Qinghong on a large scale. Zeng Qinghong successfully used the stock market crash to coerce XiJinping,” Shi Shan said.
“Increasing centralization of power in China and reduced in-person exchanges with the West have driven the perception that only one person’s views in China matter: Xi Jinping’s.
Commentary
Chinese leader XiJinping looks increasingly like the anti-Deng Xiaoping. Xi would no doubt object to such a characterization. He has, after all, lionized Deng any number of times as the author of China’s economic miracle.
Chen said Zhu’s death could ultimately benefit Xi politically.
“For XiJinping, Zhu Rongji’s death is good news,” he said. “Zhu Rongji was a political elder and also a reformist.
Commentary
There are two major moral arguments for Taiwan’s independence, and surprisingly they were both recently made by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader XiJinping.
The first is the threat of violence against Taiwan.
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On March 5, CNN quoted Steven Tsang, director of SOAS China Institute as saying, "We know exactly who the successor to XiJinping is, it's even clearer than ever … XiJinping."
Chinese communist leader XiJinping warns foreign forces not to bully Beijing. The punishment for doing so? In his words, “the blood and flesh of 1.4 billion Chinese people.”
Bessent said it was unclear whether he would meet with his Chinese counterpart, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, in person ahead of a White House meeting between Trump and Chinese leader XiJinping slated for late September.
Wu said that as a component of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the Lalin Line is a critical strategic project that XiJinping himself planned, deployed, and promoted.
XiJinping applauds during the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 4, 2021.
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader XiJinping expressed concern about a food crisis at a recent meeting, despite the official media reporting 18 consecutive years of good harvests in China.
He said that there should be “a little bit of respect” in diplomatic exchange and that if Chinese leader XiJinping wanted to speak with him, he would be willing to have the conversation.
A screenshot from a CCTV news broadcast showed XiJinping and seven other top-level CCP officials sitting at the main table in the very front center watching the show.
President Donald Trump said China had been “relatively inactive” during the conflict with Iran, including over the Strait of Hormuz, one day before Chinese leader XiJinping held brief talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at a regional summit
News Analysis
Chinese leader XiJinping claimed the main character of the present world is a “chaos” that has been unseen in the past hundred years, and the current timing and circumstances in the world all favor China and can help the Chinese Communist
In an economic planning meeting with top leaders on Aug. 17, XiJinping called for readjusting “excessively high income,” eliminating illicit gains, and boosting the earnings of the low-income class.
Thomas Pauken II, who pleaded guilty in June, took in $100,000 over seven years from his Chinese handler to write reports that the intelligence officer said would go directly to Chinese leader XiJinping.
