As The Economist went to press, Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was visiting China’s president, Xi Jinping, the ...

The first UK prime minister to visit in eight years, Starmer has sought business deals and a "strategic partnership" to reset ...

Since mid-2023, at least 60 senior military officers and defense-industry executives have been placed under investigation, ...

A British Challenger 2 tank in Estonia where UK forces are taking part in Operation Cabrit - Ben Birchall/PA China has become the main financial backer for Russia’s war against Ukraine, MPs have been ...

The scandal – or some form of it – appears to have driven Xi Jinping, China’s president, to remove the entire leadership of ...

Intel says the Chinese president wants his military to be able of invading by next year. Where did this target come from?

Xi Jinping urges building a strong yuan to boost its global use and challenge US dollar dominance, with China expanding CIPS, ...

North Korean authorities were found to have excluded content related to Chinese President Xi Jinping while producing a calendar promoting gifts received from foreign leaders, including heads of state.

Zhang Youxia, a top military general and vice-chairman of the body in overall command of China’s military forces, was removed ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has upended the world order and is pulling the U.S. back from multilateral institutions.

Xi Jinping's China is not Stalin's Russia and there is no bullet to the back of the head for rivals - at least not ...

As Xi Jinping amasses unprecedented power through relentless purges, China risks internal chaos and global instability in an era of one-man rule.