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The Daily Signal provides analysis of Xi Jinping’s domestic policies, military build-up, and global ambitions, with coverage of how China shapes U.S. policy and security concerns.
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What Xi Said to Trump About Imprisoned Christians in China
President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping is hesitant to release imprisoned Christian Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper publisher. Trump told reporters he spoke with Xi during the Beijing state visit about imprisoned Christian Pastor Ezra Jin and said Xi was “giving very serious consideration” to his release. Jin, the pastor of Zion Church,…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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The Loneliest Man in Zhongnanhai: Xi Jinping’s Purges and the Price of Absolute Power
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has unleashed yet another seismic purge in the People’s Liberation Army, removing two of its highest-ranking commanders: Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Gen. Zhang Youxia and CMC member Gen. Liu Zhenli. Announced in late January 2026, this move has reduced the once seven-member CMC—China’s supreme military authority—to just two:…Helen Raleigh -
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‘Bolder and More Confident’: What to Expect for Xi Jinping’s Third Term
Asia experts are sounding the alarm over what the world can expect during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s next five years in office after the Communist Party’s leader secured a third term in Beijing on Sunday. “We can expect the trajectory of the past 10 years to continue, except that Xi will be even bolder and…Samantha Aschieris -
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Here’s Why Xi Jinping Is Considered the ‘Most Powerful Chinese Dictator Since Mao’
The 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party wrapped up its weeklong, twice-a-decade meeting over the weekend with Chinese President Xi Jinping securing his third five-year term. “The third term was not a surprise at all [but] the extent to which he consolidated his power was,” Michael Cunningham, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation,…Samantha Aschieris -
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The Left’s Valentine’s Gift for Xi Jinping? Propaganda.
When you’re praising the Chinese Communist Party instead of America, something has gone terribly wrong. And yet that’s what many on the radical left are doing, preferring to prop up a genocidal regime over their own country. Savannah Guthrie of NBC gave fawning praise to the regime for selecting a Uyghur athlete to participate in…Douglas Blair -
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Xi Jinping’s Taiwan Saber-Rattling Is All About Shoring Up Domestic Power
For the last several weeks, tensions have roiled the Taiwan Straits. China has sent ever larger numbers of combat aircraft across the center line of the straits and into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone, compelling their Taiwanese counterparts to respond. The intricate ballet of dispatching multiple types of aircraft from different airbases, coordinating their flight…Dean Cheng -
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What the Story Behind Xi Jinping, Jack Ma, and the Ant Group IPO Says About China’s Economic Future
In the 1990s, Jiang Zemin, who had succeeded Deng Xiaoping as head of the Chinese Communist Party and president of China, promulgated what was known as the “Three Represents.” This was Jiang’s “political philosophy,” the equivalent of Deng Xiaoping or Mao Zedong thought, and was enshrined in the pantheon of Chinese Communist Party beliefs. A…Dean Cheng -
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Xi Jinping Amasses Mao-Like Power in China
Chinese governance has often benefited from adopting and sustaining a long-term perspective. That is facilitated by a generally stable leadership system, with changes at the top only happening once a decade or so. Now, Chinese President Xi Jinping appears intent on reducing even further any leadership volatility. On Sunday, China’s official Xinhua News Agency published…Dean Cheng -
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Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Draws Harder Lines at Outset of Second Term
As the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th Party Congress came to a close last week, Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping consolidated his leadership cohort for the next five years. While his precise policies are unlikely to be revealed before the Third Plenum of the 19th Party Congress early next year, his recent speech to the…Dean Cheng -
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What to Watch Out For When Obama Meets With Xi Jinping
In June of 2013, Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping met at Sunnylands, the former Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The “shirtsleeve summit” was intended to promote informal discussions between the two leaders. It failed to meet even limited expectations. The Chinese leader even refused to stay at the estate. On Friday, President Xi…Dean Cheng