Asian shares are mostly higher after the White House confirmed plans for President Donald Trump to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week

Nearly one in six officials who had Central Committee seats were absent from a major conclave, many of them now disgraced.

With a military purge in Beijing before a major political meeting this week some analysts ask: whom can leader Xi Jinping trust?

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The recent surge in demonstrations by far-right groups presents a challenge for the South Korean government, as it prepares to host both Xi Jinping, the leader of China, and President Trump.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized that dialogue and cooperation are the "only right choice" for China and the United States ahead of planned trade talks this weekend, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said in Beijing on Friday.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech Monday on the opening day of a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party to approve a draft plan laying out its goals for the country over the next five years.

Speculation about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s grip on power intensified this week following a military shake up that saw nine Xi loyalists expelled from the party ahead of the Fourth Plenum, a four-day conclave that lays out the country’s economic agenda for the next five years.