North Korea on Tuesday opened an enlarged plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, accelerating preparations for a rare party congress early next year while simultaneously firing ...

The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened its fourth plenary session from Oct 20 to Oct 23. Participants deliberated and adopted the central committee's recommendations for ...

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Chairman Xi Jinping’s tightening grip on power was on full display at the Chinese Communist Party’s Fourth Plenary Session, where strikingly low attendance and a record number of disciplinary actions ...

ALL China’s plenums are consequential. But some are more consequential than others. Amid underwhelming macro data, slowing domestic economic growth and quickening tensions with the US, the Fourth ...

China has restated its commitment to a years-long official focus on achieving self-reliance in science and technology, so that it can meet what it has acknowledged as "profound and complex" changes.

The fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (fourth plenum), which opened on the 20th for four days, will end on the 23rd. Ahead of a U.S.-China leaders' ...

Xi Jinping maintains firm control after the Fourth Plenum with minimal leadership changes, despite online speculation of political struggles. General Zhang Shengmin was promoted to CMC vice-chairman, ...

As China prepares to unveil its next five-year plan on Thursday, the mouthpiece of the country’s ruling Communist Party has styled the nation’s socialist system as a source of strength that powers the ...

Jonathan Czin of the Brookings Institution explains why the Chinese Communist Party's Fourth Plenum, the most important party meeting of the year, matters for the country's next five-year plan, recent ...

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 ...

China's top leaders are convening for a crucial four-day plenum to finalize the 2026-2030 five-year plan. Amidst US trade tensions, the meeting will shape economic and tech policies, focusing on ...