Xi Jinping is not known for his easy smiles. China’s most powerful Communist leader in decades has built a reputation reinforced by state media during his 12-year rule as a serious and steady hand.

Donald Trump's second-term hardline approach, characterized by tariffs and sanctions, proved effective in his meeting with Xi ...

China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a Qing official whose defiance of Britain led to China’s humiliating defeat ...

When Donald Trump sits down with Xi Jinping on Thursday, he will draw from a playbook developed during five previous meetings with the president of China.

T HE MEETING between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on October 30th was the first time the two leaders had sat down together in ...

Only weeks ago, there were suggestions that President Donald Trump might call off his planned face-to-face meeting with ...

Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. He was Director for China at the National Security Council from 2021 to 2023 and previously served as a member of the Senior Analytic Service in the ...

Jointly translated and published by China's Foreign Languages Press and the Eurasia Center of John von Neumann University in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump hailed a meeting with China's Xi Jinping as "amazing" and "12" on a 10-point scale, but the ...

Xi is a careful student of Chinese history who has learned from the country’s past diplomatic failures and responded to Trump ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to still meet in October after Trump threatened to skip their meeting and impose ...

Though he didn't announce a trade deal after the meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump said he thought one could happen “pretty soon.” ...