Xi warns officials against chasing 'reckless' GDP expansion

Chinese President Xi Jinping lashed out at inflated growth numbers and vowed to crack down on the pursuit of “reckless” ...
The New York Times

Why Does Xi Keep Purging Loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the Answer.

China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping pushes aside his own political appointees. By Li Yuan No matter what Americans ...
The New York Times

Persecuted by Mao, Xi’s Father Became a Reformer. Did Xi Reject His Legacy?

Xi Zhongxun was purged by the Communist Party he served and went on to help reform Chinese politics. His son is the most authoritarian leader since Mao. Xi Jinping ...
NPR

In 'The Party's Interests Come First,' Joseph Torigian tries to understand Xi Jinping through his father

To many observers of China, its top leader, Xi Jinping, is an enigma. Scholars and journalists have tried to glean insight into his thinking by reading his speeches and writings and going through ...
Newsweek

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Tough Childhood Revealed in New Book: Excerpt

Chinese President Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongxun, was a Communist Party official for more than seven decades—from the Communist Revolution through the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, ...