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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, visits the community of Guyuanxiang in the Tianshan District in Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. 
Human rights
US companies reexamine supply chains under new law against Uyghur forced labor
Chinese President Xi Jingping speaks during the opening session of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, June 6, 2016. 
Critical State
Archetypes of autocracy: Part I
Tennis star Peng Shuai playing in the dark, with only her face and the ball brightly lit
What the Peng Shuai saga tells us about Beijing’s grip on power and desire to crush a #MeToo moment
Portraits of China's former top leaders from left Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and including the current President Xi Jinping are seen at a military camp in Beijing, China
Top of The World
Chinese Communist Party cements Xi Jinping’s rule
Several tall smoke stacks are shown with red and white stripes and large clouds of smoke pouring from them.
Energy
China’s power cuts may foreshadow shortages of global goods
US President Joe Biden is shown wearing a dark suit and walking toward a podium with the President of the United States seal on it.
Top of The World
Biden and Xi phone call amid US-China tensions
A large auditorium is shown filled with people in color-coordinated clothing with Chinese President Xi Jinping projected on a large screen in the distance.
Business, Economics and Jobs
China chases ‘rejuvenation’ with control of tycoons, society
Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen as performers dance at a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing
Education
China’s Xi Jinping Thought curricula teaches students how to ‘unmask enemies’ of the state, author says
Several people are shown through the window's of a crowded bus with many wearing blue medical masks.
COVID-19
Delta variant challenges China’s costly lockdown strategy
Olympic athletes are shown on the white floor of a large oval stadium shown at night with colorful lighting and mostly empty seats.
Top of The World
Pandemic-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympic Games kick off to mostly empty stadium
Performers form a yellow number 100 at a gala show full of red ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing
Global Politics
Massive celebrations planned for 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China
US President Joe Biden is shown standing at a podium wearing a suit and tie with an US flag to his right.
Top of The World
Biden pledges to cut US emissions 50% by 2030
A screen is shown depicting several world leaders, each individually in their own screen-in-screen view.
Climate Change
At ‘moment of peril,’ Biden opens global summit on climate
The British Embassy is shown in the distance through a closed metal gate with a Chinese paramilitary police officer standing guard.
China announces ban on British politicians, organizations
A woman is shown wearing a yellow jacket and driving a scooter with four children also onboard.
Conflict & Justice
China-Europe sanctions fight shatters image of amicable ties
The top of a palace building in China's Forbidden City is barely viewable in a photograph showing a dense amount of smog.
Climate Change
China sets moderate new energy goals for climate change
A jumbotron shown from below has newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden on screen.
US-China relations
China hopes for cooperation, better relations under Biden
A small crowd of people are shown standing on a sidewalk with two people wearing white medical protective clothing and face masks.
COVID-19
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
A woman wearing a jean jacket is shown sitting on a bench as anothe woman walks toward her with the clear glass of a Huawei store in the distance.
Conflict & Justice
Chinese leaders focus on tech as they make 5-year plan
A large coal processing plant is shown from above with several smokestacks billowing emmissions.
Climate Change
China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060
China's red flag is show flying on a pole with the large white facade of the Potala Palace in the distance.
Conflict & Justice
China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet
Kazakhs protest what they see as excessive expansion of Chinese influence in Kazakhstan, including new Silk Road investments, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Dec. 2019.
On China's New Silk Road
China’s new Silk Road traverses Kazakhstan. But some Kazakhs are skeptical of Chinese influence.
A billboard advertising the "China dream" in Chengdu, China, in June 2019.
On China's New Silk Road
The ‘China dream’: The new Silk Road begins at home
A Chinese girl looks upon a table full of food during a "1,000 people dumpling feast" in Liuminying village on the outskirt of Beijing, China, Jan. 27, 2017.
Food
China’s ‘Operation Empty Plate’ targets food waste
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A helmeted head is blurry in the foreground, behind it, a line of protesters on a balcony
Top of The World
Hong Kong national security law to take effect; Iran sentences journalist to death; Koalas could be extinct by 2050 in New South Wales
Former US national security advisor John Bolton is shown wearing a stripped suit and red tie and adjusting his glasses.
Trump administration
Trump asked China to help him win in 2020, offered ‘favors to dictators,’ Bolton says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is shown sitting with a red tied and jacket with his hand on his chin.
COVID-19
WHO chief promises review of coronavirus response, China defends its performance
Two men sitting on couches
Foreign policy
Jon Huntsman: ‘Stakes are high’ for US-China relationship
A man in a suit speaks from a podium with the US flag
Foreign policy
US-China relationship headed toward ‘permanent lasting rupture,’ analyst says
Dozen's of empty tables with white table clothes and yellow chairs are shown in St. Mark's square.
COVID-19
Italy, Britain wield economic axes to try to counter coronavirus impact
A man is shown standing in front of the CCTV headquarters building with a mobile phone and wearing a face mask.
COVID-19
New coronavirus cases rise in Italy, Korea and Iran but fall in China
Two women are shown exiting a cruise ship wearing face masks and pulling suitcases.
COVID-19
Passengers depart coronavirus cruise ship at last; Japan’s effort under fire
Two people riding bicycles are shown wearing face masks and passing by portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong.
COVID-19
Coronavirus claims 97 lives in one day — the largest number in a single day
A person wearing a mask is shown in soft focu near a black and white photograph of Dr. Li Wenliang.
COVID-19
Death of Chinese coronavirus doctor sparks online anger at government
A man is shown in soft focus in the near ground wearing a reflective jacket and standing near an area with a restricted zone sign.
COVID-19
Virus spreads to more Chinese cities, President Xi says containment is priority
A woman stands next to a monument to a border guard with a dog, with buildings of Chinese border city Heihe seen in the background across the Amur River, in Blagoveshchensk, in Amur region, Russia, on December 1, 2019.
Energy
Russia-China pipeline shows growing alliance in reaction to US foreign policy
A man wearing a blue suit is shown from behind looking out on a long table with people on either side counting paper ballots.
Hong Kong politics
Landslide democratic win puts pressure on leader of Chinese-ruled Hong Kong
protest
Hong Kong politics
China’s internal suppression troops have plans for Hong Kong
A traffic light reading "Free HK" across the red and yellow lights.
Conflict & Justice
How close are Hong Kong’s protests to China’s ‘red line’?
US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are shown walking with the US and China flags in the background and Trump waving.
China to impose tariffs on US goods despite Trump warning
Chinese President Xi Jinping is shown standing at a podium with four microphones.
Business, Economics and Jobs
China’s Xi says Belt and Road must be green, sustainable
protesters carry blue and red signs saying 'defend our sovereignty'
Global Politics
Philippines security at risk over escalating tensions between US and China in South China Sea
Hong Kong fans cover their faces and boo during the Chinese national anthem, at a friendly soccer match between Hong Kong and Bahrain in Hong Kong, China, November 9, 2017.
In Hong Kong, insulting China’s national anthem could soon be illegal
A man leans over a table covered in dozens of identical little red books
A little yellow book full of Xi Jinping quotes is the new version of Mao’s ‘Little Red Book’
The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Economics
Trump’s tariffs cause headaches for his own industry: hotels
flags of the US and China
Global Politics
The risks of a new Cold War between the US and China are real: Here’s why
US President Donald Trump is seen looking to his right wearing a red tie and suit.
Business
China slams US ‘blackmailing’ as Trump issues new trade threat
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk past an rifle-clad honor guard.
Economics
China says North Korea’s Kim pledged commitment to denuclearization
Police officers keep watch next to a train, believed to have carried a North Korean delegation to China
Global Politics
Mysterious train leaves Beijing with no confirmation North Korea’s Kim Jong-un was on it
A man poses for pictures in front of souvenir plates featuring portraits of former and current Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping and the late Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2018.
Global Politics
China sets stage for Xi to stay in office indefinitely
The headquarters of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China is pictured in Beijing.
Justice
China’s new anti-graft super-ministry adds to concerns about suspects’ rights
David Cameron
Culture
China hires former British prime minister to help make One Belt, One Road a reality
Gas pipeline in Germany
Environment
Trump pushes natural gas deal between China and Alaska, but obstacles remain
Al Gore poses for selfies with fans
Global Politics
UN climate talks wrap with ‘modest’ progress and a subdued American presence
Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg speaks during a news conference on the dangers law enforcement and first responders face when encountering fentanyl at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 6, 2017.
Health
Trump wants to stop the ‘flood of cheap and deadly’ fentanyl from China. The dark web will make that harder.
Presidents Trump and Xi and their wives in China
Global Politics
Is China really stepping up as the world’s new climate leader?
When it comes to running China, the most powerful officials in government are probably the members of the Politburo Standing Committee, lining up here for the news media at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 25, 2017. But the man with the
Global Politics
One of the most powerful men on Earth just got more powerful
China's President Xi Jinping claps after his speech as he and other new Politburo Standing Committee members meet with the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct. 25, 2017.
Global Politics
Xi’s grip on China tightens with new term and no heir in sight
Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) at the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Economics
Xi declares ‘new era’ for China as party congress opens