Can Joe Biden and Xi Jinping work together?
Both leaders must work out how to balance the protection of national interests with the need for cooperation on global…
ByXi Jinping
Xi Jinping is general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (since 2012) and president of China (since 2013). He was born in 1953 and joined the Communist Party in 1974. He studied chemical engineering at Tsinghua University. From 1999 to 2002 he was governor of Fujian province, and was governor of Zhejiang for the next five years; he was first secretary of the Central Secretariat from 2007 and became the presumed successor to the presidency in 2008.
How the Chinese Communist Party is policing the past to secure its future
What a “historical nihilism hotline” and a new party resolution tell us about Xi Jinping’s vision for China.
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Nathan Law: From Poland to the UK, “freedom is under threat”
The pro-democracy activist and author warns that the authoritarian crackdown taking place in Hong Kong can happen anywhere.
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Can Boris Johnson really claim that the world has “pulled back a goal or two” against climate change?
As leaders leave Glasgow, there are dramatic gaps that still need to be filled if humanity is to have a…
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Can the world trust China on climate change?
Xi Jinping’s attempts to win the world’s confidence on environmental policy relies on the US’s failure to do likewise.
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Xie Zhenhua: can China’s climate envoy make a difference at Cop26?
The highly regarded veteran of China’s climate team embodies an important and rare openness to the world.
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Why we shouldn’t panic – just yet – about China increasing coal production
Climate campaigners are hoping China’s coal crisis is a short-term blip.
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