The first time President Xi Jinping ousted several top generals, he was removing a rival power base in the Communist Party.

Xi Jinping has become the longest-serving president of the People's Republic of China since its founding in 1945 after being elected once again for a third five-year term.

"China's been a very pleasant surprise. I've expected them to be reserved but they've not been. They've been up with us, singing along with us, and clapping and bouncing with Tigger." Indeed ...

A new report has cast fresh doubts on the Chinese president’s plan to invade Taiwan. Xi has previously said reunification with Taiwan ‘is inevitable’ and vowed to have it at all costs. Taiwan split ...

But as Nippon Steel is making a controversial bid to purchase U.S. Steel, Japan grows as a linchpin of the U.S. strategy to contain China. Colombia: Trump’s pick for Bogotá will also be charged ...

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