An in-depth @wsj.com look at how China’s Communist Party tries to tackle rising unrest with a new Central Society Work Dept that helps and surveils left-behind communities and social castoffs, using social-control tools to ensure public order. w/ @shen-lu.bsky.social www.wsj.com/world/china/...

A year ago, China's Communist Party issued new rules against red tape and excessive bureaucracy, as part of Xi Jinping's crackdown on "formalism" that @wsj.com wrote about last year. The full directive has now been made public. See: www.gov.cn/zhengce/2025... and www.news.cn/government/2...

An investigation into the longtime abbot of China's Shaolin Temple, accused of financial and sexual misconduct, is fueling cynicism over perceived moral decay in religious institutions. One comment left on the abbot's most recent Weibo post says, “If you don’t descend into hell, who will?”

Chinese leader Xi Jinping isn’t quite the frequent flier he used to be. The most well-traveled leader in China’s history has reduced his international journeys in recent years, but he continues active diplomacy—as a host. A @wsj.com analysis on Xi's travel patterns since he took power in late 2012.

As the elder son, Sherman Kwek was the chosen successor at a Singapore real-estate empire. Then he tried to push out his billionaire father’s adviser, a Juilliard-trained pianist. A @wsj.com yarn on the boardroom drama that has engulfed City Developments and its revered chairman, Kwek Leng Beng.

As China grapples with a sluggish economy where the private sector isn’t creating enough jobs, the government is getting a boost. Millions are trying to join a political party that is more populous than most countries and secure jobs in the vast bureaucracy that it runs.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is battling petty corruption as Beijing grapples with rising public resentment over a sagging economy. Over the past year, the campaign has snared more than 500,000 low-level officials and state workers—known as ‘flies and ants’—for graft affecting ordinary citizens.

Update: The Atlantic Council has now received notification from the State Dept formally terminating several China-focused research and capacity-building projects. “We are currently assessing the impact of this loss of funding on our ability to continue this work,” Atlantic Council says.

China, the world’s second-largest economy, is already one of the most impenetrable countries. Now, the Trump administration’s move to suspend foreign aid is starting to derail nonprofit efforts to unearth data on business and social trends—which was already hard to track. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Amid a broad purge of China's defense establishment, Xi Jinping is trying to secure the loyalty of the People's Liberation Army through political indoctrination, using study sessions and red pilgrimages to reshape the minds of 2 million soldiers, sailors and airmen. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Xi Jinping's war on corruption has punished officials in record numbers and left many cadres too fearful to act. With China's stagnating economy on the line, Xi wants to reinvigorate the Communist Party by promoting the message that some mistakes are acceptable. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Xi Jinping is bringing China’s financial sector to heel, one banker at a time. Through purges, pay cuts and political study sessions, he is ushering in a new generation of loyal functionaries willing to carry out Communist Party edicts and disavow capitalist excess. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Faced with rising social frustrations and public unrest, China’s leaders are ramping up security measures and squelching discordant views on the country’s economic health. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun appeared in Shanghai on Dec. 5, at a symposium on the security situation in the Gulf of Guinea, where he met heads of visiting delegations. www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/qwfb/16...

A Chinese court sentenced Dong Yuyu, a veteran journalist at state-run Guangming Daily, to 7 years‘ jail on espionage charges, a case his family described as an effort to deter dissent and unsanctioned exchanges with foreigners. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Admiral Miao Hua, a Central Military Commission member who oversaw PLA political indoctrination, is under investigation for alleged disciplinary violations. A Xi protégé, Miao is the latest scalp in a high-level antigraft purge rocking Beijing’s defense establishment. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

China’s Plan B to Save the Economy: A Crusade Against Busywork. While growth stutters, the Communist Party steps up a long-running campaign to curb excessive bureaucracy and liberate officials from drudgery. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

The Chinese intelligence agency accused of likely steering vast cyberattacks on the U.S. has made rapid gains in power and profile, driven by China’s Minister of State Security, Chen Yixin, whom Xi Jinping put in charge of Beijing’s espionage efforts against the West. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

#PartyOfOne is now available in Dutch, published by Uitgeverij Prometheus under the title “Eenmanspartij.” uitgeverijprometheus.nl/boeken/eenma...

"In explaining how Xi has become both system and icon in Chinese politics, Wong therefore underscores the importance of Xi’s transformative leadership for understanding China’s ultimate superpower ambitions." @jagevans.bsky.social reviews @chunhanwong.bsky.social's "Party of One."

China's quest to produce an official history of the Qing dynasty falls into limbo, as the ideological tightening under Xi Jinping further sets back the publication of the epic tome already more than a decade overdue. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

My WSJ colleague Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia a year ago. That’s 52 weeks of his life that he cannot get back—unlived moments he couldn’t experience and untold stories he couldn’t write. We call for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan www.wsj.com/world/russia...

My colleague Evan Gershkovich has been arbitrarily detained in Russia for 44 weeks. We at the WSJ continue to call for his immediate release. www.wsj.com/world/russia... #IStandWithEvan

China's rulers have long used anticorruption campaigns to consolidate power. Xi Jinping is tying his authority to a new variation: a purge that never ends. For, as he argues, only a continual cleansing can ensure the party remains potent and pure. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

My colleague Evan Gershkovich has been detained in Russia for 250 days. We at @wsj continue to call for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan

Spoke to BBC World Service’s Weekend programme about Xi Jinping’s leadership and #PartyOfOne. The segment starts at the 41m 30s mark of the episode linked below. Feel free to tune in! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It’s been 31 weeks since our colleague @evangershkovich was arbitrarily detained in Russia. We at @wsj continue to call for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan

Discussed #PartyOfOne with some esteemed China watchers in a book talk hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Many thanks to Jude Blanchette, Neil Thomas and Sheena Chestnut Greitens for the very insightful and thought-provoking conversation! www.csis.org/events/book-...