The 15th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee concluded on Tuesday morning after two days of intensive working, completing all agenda items with a high degree of consensus and quality. In his ...

The Chinese Communist Party is holding its Fourth Plenum meeting in Beijing—the most important Party meeting of the year. Jonathan Czin of the Brookings Institution explains why China’s Fourth Plenum ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. Last Friday, China’s Ministry of National Defense announced the expulsion of nine top military leaders from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to “serious ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is convening a key political meeting this week where he will push forward his next five-year strategy to strengthen the world’s second-largest economy in the face of mounting ...

Chinese policymaking does not run on election cycles; it runs on planning cycles. Since 1953, inspired by the Soviet Union, the Chinese Communist Party has issued fourteen Five-Year Plans (FYPs) to ...

For the first time in 50 years, the Grammys are honoring outstanding album art. By Lina Lecaro When Sabrina Carpenter unveiled the cover this past summer for her latest album, Man’s Best Friend, she ...

Although not reported as widely as other major political events in China, such as party congresses, the plenary sessions or “plenums” of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee are ...

Visuals purporting to show public figures on major magazine covers often function as shorthand signaling cultural acceptance or prestige. If a doctored image is mistaken for an official cover, it can ...

China’s ruling Communist Party will hold its next key conclave in October to chart development plans for the next five years, as the nation contends with risks to the economy at home and abroad. The ...

Comic book covers are the images that sell a book to many. They are the reader’s first connection to the comic, and make an argument as to why you should pick up this issue as opposed to all the ...

Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center ...