Key moments from Xi’s address to China’s Communist Party Congress

Key moments from Xi’s address to China’s Communist Party Congress

The speech gave Mr. Xi an opportunity to tout his government’s achievements to the conclave’s roughly 2,300 delegates The speech gave Mr. Xi an opportunity to tout his government’s achievements to the conclave’s roughly 2,300 delegates President Xi Jinping kicked off China’s five-yearly Communist Party Congress on October 16, 2022 with a wide-ranging speech defending […]

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Xi Jinping | The princeling’s next decade

Xi Jinping | The princeling’s next decade

Facing an existential crisis in 2012, the Communist Party of China turned to a ‘princeling’. A decade on, Xi Jinping has rewritten the Party rulebook and is laying the groundwork for years of continued dominance Facing an existential crisis in 2012, the Communist Party of China turned to a ‘princeling’. A decade on, Xi Jinping […]

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China’s “wolf warrior” era

China’s “wolf warrior” era

Xi Jinping’s worldview carries with it an inherent contradiction — that of a world that is simultaneously China’s to lead and one that is apparently full of external threats. This paradox, more than any other factor, has shaped China’s diplomacy in the past decade Xi Jinping’s worldview carries with it an inherent contradiction — that […]

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