Chinese leader Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of advancing AI in his first formal meeting of 2026 with ministers.

President Xi Jinping’s move to probe his top general and one-time ally Zhang Youxia is the most stunning development yet in China’s biggest military purge in roughly half a century. It also has implications for Taiwan,

Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party's political center, remains a black box after the ousting of China's most senior general.

The removal of Zhang and Liu reduces the CMC to its smallest size in history, leaving as its only members Xi, who heads the body, and Zhang Shengmin, a political commissar who leads the military’s anti-corruption watchdog and was promoted to CMC vice-chair in October.

BEIJING, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping sought to strengthen ties with Vietnam in a call to its newly re-appointed leader, according to Chinese state media on Monday, saying the two nations should enhance cooperation in regional and international affairs.

He was the only senior military commander in China with enough accumulated authority to serve as a counterbalance to the Chinese president within the regime. Son of a founding general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA),

China’s Xi extended greetings to India on its 77th Republic Day, describing the two countries as “good neighbours, friends and partners.”