Forget Article 50, forget Trump's inauguration, the most important political event of 2017 was last month's Party Congress in China. The National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is held twice a decade to decide the line up of the Party leadership and to set the tone of the...
Xi's behaviour suggests he might buck the trend set by predecessor Hu Jintao. Tracking the rise and fall of political stars has been a major occupation of China watchers for decades. In a one party system where the selection of leaders is a closely guarded state secret, this job is...
Trump's recent spate of belligerence follows on from China's failure to impose regime shattering sanctions on its neighbour. After meeting with Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in April, and developing a 'very, very great relationship' with the Chinese leader, Trump had high hopes that Xi would cooperate in forcing Kim Jong...