Given the flood of books on China that has poured forth in recent years, one might think the rest of the world would have figured out that provocative country by now. But much of China’s historical ...

A new biography of Xi Zhongxun shines light on both the suffering caused by one-party rule and the loyalty that keeps such a system alive. Xi Zhongxun appears at a “struggle session” at Northwest A&F ...

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 ...