A more insidious threat is shaping the fate of the Korean Peninsula: sophisticated and largely covert political warfare ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024.

Throughout Xi Jinping’s life, Mr. Torigian writes, he has remained loyal to two institutions that demanded absolute obedience: party and family. His father, by multiple accounts, was a ...

There are increasing signs that Chinese President Xi Jinping is being edged out of the leadership position he has held since 2013, according to reports. KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP ...

Xi Jinping's home life and formative influences are revealed in this excerpt from Joseph Torigian's biography on Xi Zhongxun, the father of China's President.

The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping, Joseph Torigian, Stanford University Press, 718 pp., $50, June 2025.