Paramilitary policemen patrol in front of the People's Bank of China, the central bank of China, in Beijing in a file photo. Greg Baker /AFP/Getty ImagesCommentaryBeijing has long maintained that government debt risks are overall safe and controllable. According to the official data disclosed...

The Chinese official’s fall could be the result of anti-Xi forces taking action, causing Xi Jinping to lose control. CommentaryChinese leader Xi Jinping’s close ally and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), He Weidong, has not been seen since his last public...