Keyu Jin

BEIJING – When he welcomed US President Donald Trump to Beijing’s Forbidden City in 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed to the character “peace” in the names of all three halls of the great complex, emphasizing the Confucian maxim “Peace is prized above all.”

BEIJING – The celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1 will be an exuberant affair, involving glitzy cultural events, an extravagant state dinner attended by Chinese and foreign luminaries, and a grand military parade in Tiananmen Square. And...

In the emerging Chinese view, any leverage or advantage the US has over China in trade is far exceeded by the Chinese people’s willingness to withstand the pressure

Trump thinks attacking China through trade will help to “Make America Great Again.” But it is more likely to make China stronger

Xi’s approval rating, according to almost all international surveys, seems to exceed combined approval ratings of Trump and Theresa May

Xi’s motive is not, as many in the West have wrongly inferred, to establish China as a superpower on par with United States.

While it is true that Xi is amassing power, his motivation is the need to strengthen China—both its government and economy