Chris Buckley

As Chinese leaders meet in Beijing, they are striking a confident posture despite serious challenges to the economy and growing pressure from the United States.

China said two of its astronauts spent nine hours outside the Tiangong Space Station. The longest previous spacewalk, by Americans, was eight hours and 56 minutes.

Corruption investigations may have shaken Beijing’s confidence in top commanders, but China’s military expansion hasn’t slowed, a report found.

The case of Adm. Miao Hua suggests the persistence of graft at high levels of the military, despite the efforts by Xi Jinping to stamp out corruption.

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The ballistic missile launch is a sign of the commitment of Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to continue strengthening the country’s Rocket Force and to project power in Asia.

Las decenas de millones de seguidores de Hu Xijin no saben nada de él desde finales de julio. Algunos creen que uno de sus mensajes elogiando a Pekín puede haber sido contraproducente.

Hu Xijin’s tens of millions of followers have heard nothing from him since late July. Some think one of his posts praising Beijing may have backfired.

Top officials emerged from a high-stakes meeting about lifting the economy out of its malaise with few signs of a fundamental rethink.