#Xi Jinping

What a difference a few weeks makes. In late April, optimism about a looming U.S-China trade deal permeated the spring air. Stock markets were upbeat, and press reporting confident. Then, in early May, Chinese negotiators unexpectedly (or maybe expectedly) backtracked on previously settled

В Нормандии, на северном побережье Франции, отмечают годовщину высадки союзных войск. 75 лет назад был открыт второй фронт. В операции 1944 года участвовали более 150 тысяч солдат США, Великобритании, Франции, Польши и др. Французский журналист Елена Кондратьева-Сальгеро — о том, как отметили

What a difference a year makes. In March 2018, Chinese leader Xi Jinping put an end to presidential term limits in China, thus opening up the possibility of him ruling for life. He appeared all-powerful. Now, however, signs of political stress and internal tensions are emerging. The guarantee of

Author: Javier C. Hernández / Source: New York Times Jason Lee/Reuters CHANGSHA, China — Inside a fishing gear store on a busy city street, the owner sits behind a counter, furiously tapping a smartphone to improve his score on an app that has nothing to do with rods, reels and bait. The owner,

Author: Steven Lee Myers / Source: New York Times Reuters BEIJING — China announced on Monday that it would treat all variants of the powerful opioid fentanyl as controlled substances, making good on a pledge the country’s leader, President Xi Jinping, made to President Trump late last year.