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View In Browser Selina Wang The greatest risk to Chinas Xi Jinping.Himself Chinaseconomy is faltering.Unemployment is skyrocketing.Endless Covid lockdowns are wreaking havoc on businesses and peoples lives.The property sector is in crisis.Ties between Beijing and major global powers are under stra

Here's what you need to know.View In Browser Brad Lendon Xi Jinping wants China to win local wars.Russias failures in Ukraine show thats not so easy It has taken just a handful of years for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to make good on his promise of transforming the Peoples Liberation Army.In 2015, t

View In Browser Steven Jiang, Beijing Bureau Chief Walled-in China under Xi Jinping poses long-term global challenges During Chinas National Day holiday in early October, several expatriate friends and I took our young children who are of mixed races and tend to stand out in a Chinese crowd to t

And in Beijing, a rare protest against the top leader.View In Browser Nectar Gan and Selina Wang A sense of crisis has defined Xis rule.It will shape China well into the future When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, he inherited a country at a crossroads.Outwardly,Chinaseemed an unstoppable rising

Here's what you need to know.View In Browser Simone McCarthy The Communist Party is holding its most consequential meeting in decades.Here's what you need to know Xi Jinping is poised to cement his role asChinas most powerful leader in decades this month, when members of the countrys ruling Commun

View In Browser Laura He Zero-Covid takes shine off Golden Week as tourists stay home Holiday spending during Chinas Golden Week has plunged to its lowest level in seven years, as broad Covid curbs discouraged people from traveling or spending, while a darkening economic outlook continues to erode

View In Browser Jessie Yeung Hong Kongs U-turn on quarantine is a sign Beijing still needs its gate to the West As China doubles down on Covid lockdowns, restricting movement for tens of millions of people, a very different scene is unfolding inHong Kong.The mood in the Chinese-controlled city is

The latest news and analysis on China's rise View In Browser Thank you for signing up With China rapidly becoming the world's second superpower, CNN's reporters in Hong Kong, Beijing and around the world bring you a three-times-a-week update on the latest news you need to know about China's rise, an