The contradictions of Xi Jinping

Two incisive studies of the Chinese president reveal a complex figure who is all too aware of the capricious nature of power

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Xi Jinping Muzzles Chinese Economist Who Dared to Doubt GDP Numbers

Gao Shanwen questioned Beijing’s ability to boost its economy as threats loom from a property meltdown and burgeoning debt.
The Wall Street Journal - 6h
China's Xi Jinping says corruption is the 'biggest threat' to the Communist Party

Corruption is the biggest threat to China’s Communist Party, President Xi Jinping said Monday, in a warning that he is resolved to tackle the entrenched problem.
NBC News - 1d
Xi has a plan for retaliating against Trump’s gamesmanship

China is marshalling its forces for long-term competition against an America that it believes is divided and in decline
Financial Times - 3d
Taiwan president welcomes exchanges with China as Xi says no one can stop 'reunification'

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said he welcomed exchanges with China, but wondered whether there was goodwill from Beijing given what he said was their blocking of simple things like tourism.
NBC News - Jan. 1
Xi Jinping, China’s Leader, Nods to Economic Challenges

In a New Year’s address, Xi Jinping made a rare acknowledgment of the flagging economy while reiterating the government’s growth targets.
The New York Times - Jan. 1
China's Xi Jinping Nods to 'External Uncertainties' in New Year's Speech

Weeks before Trump takes office, the Chinese leader is seeking to shore up confidence that China’s economy can withstand threats.
The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 31

Japan links hacker MirrorFace to dozens of cyberattacks targeting security, tech data

Japan has linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country’s national security and high technology data to a Chinese hacking group, MirrorFace
ABC News - 9m
Thai police say Chinese actor was trafficked to Myanmar to work in a scam operation

Thai police say a Chinese actor who disappeared and was found near the border of Myanmar in an area where online scam networks operate was a victim of human trafficking
ABC News - 10m
Rescuers search for 2 British hikers missing since New Year's Day in Italian alps

Dense fog and avalanche warnings have hampered rescue crews searching for two British hikers who have been missing in the Italian alps near Trento since Jan. 1
ABC News - 12m
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran and returning home

An Italian journalist detained in Iran since Dec. 19 has been freed
ABC News - 13m
Southern California wildfire live: more than 1,400 firefighters deployed to tackle ‘unprecedented’ fires

California’s governor Gavin Newsom says emergency services are ‘all hands on deck’ as fire officials say they are working on three separate major fires. Fast-moving wildfire spreads through ...
The Guardian - 15m