In his forthcoming book, The Party's Interests Come First, American University professor Joseph Torigian writes about Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongxun, a noted Chinese politician himself.

The way Chinese President Xi Jinping tells it, the East is rising over the West. If Trump thinks he can compete with China while weakening trust among American allies, asserting imperial aspirations, ...

In 2008, Hu Jintao, Xi’s predecessor, decided to avoid a downturn by embarking on what was then the biggest stimulus program in history. In the process, China took on an enormous amount of debt.

Hu Jintao, then Chinese president, addressed Parliament the day after George W. Bush did in 2003, while Howard was planning a free trade agreement with the US.

As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech full of communist triumphalism and ideological zeal.

But the hope that Xi Jinping’s increasingly totalitarian China is likely to “swing” back toward liberalization after his eventual passing is almost certainly fool’s gold.

Hu Jintao’s office even put out the following statement about it: “On November 15, 2008, the G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy was held in Washington D.C., the United States.

President Biden will take up "contentious" international and regional issues with China's Xi, according to senior administration officials.

"Given how much China has centralized power under Xi - very different than under Hu Jintao, who was going in sort of the opposite direction, inviting more collective leadership - that is even more ...

The transition to Xi’s forward-leaning posture from his predecessor Hu Jintao’s understated demeanor reflects, in both style and substance, China’s changing stature in early decades of the ...

In his memoir, “A Promised Land,” he wrote about the nonexistent rapport he had with Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao.