Xi Jinping, wearing a cap, with his father Xi Zhongxun.© Stanford University Press Xi Jinping, then a local party official, participated in farm work in China in 1988.© Xinhua/AP ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's absence from the BRICS Summit in Brazil raises questions about China's internal politics and tensions within the alliance of emerging economies.

President Trump held a much-anticipated phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, “focused almost entirely on trade” — with the leaders agreeing to have their reps ...