16 November 2023

As Presidents Biden and Xi meet for their first face-to-face talks in a year, we look at the key issues left out of discussions. Plus: the UN Security Council calls for humanitarian pauses in Gaza and thousands gather in…

18 October 2017

With the 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist party well underway, Monocle’s Hong Kong bureau chief James Chambers asks what is at stake for its leader and what are his aims for the next five years?

3 May 2024

As Xi Jinping visits Europe for the first time in five years, we ask whether China or western Europe have any real interest in reviving relations. Then: UK foreign secretary David Cameron promises long-term aid during a…

7 May 2024

As Xi Jinping visits Europe for the first time in five years, we examine the pressure that European leaders are putting on Xi Jinping over the war in Ukraine. And has Turkey’s suspension of trade with Israel had any tang…

26 April 2024

US secretary of state Antony Blinken meets with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, TikTok’s parent company insists that it has no plans to sell the social-media company and Boeing burns through $4bn (€3.7bn). Plus: what to watch…

8 May 2024

We get the latest on the Rafah crossing as Israel and Hamas continue negotiations. Then: Russia is ready to hold nuclear weapons drills, China’s Xi Jinping touches down in Belgrade and we speak with Neil J Young about his…

13 January 2017

We discuss the day’s top news stories, from the legacy of Joe Biden to Xi Jinping’s trip to Davos.

31 October 2016

Hung Hsiu-chu landed in Nanjing yesterday for her first visit to China as the chairwoman of the Taiwanese Kuomintang party. During her rendezvous with president Xi Jinping tomorrow all eyes and ears will be on her stance…

27 December 2016

Few world leaders will be looking forward to 2017 as much as the Chinese president with the 19th National Congress on the way and an opportunity to change the leadership of the Communist party. With the majority of the…

9 November 2015

President Xi Jinping has become a sensation on Youku, China’s answer to YouTube. A series of trippy propaganda videos, produced by the mysterious Beijing-based production company Fuxing Lushang Studio and featuring an…

12 March 2018

We look at the results of the Colombian parliamentary elections, the era of the new strongman – with Xi Jinping leading the way – and the rebrand of Front National.

25 October 2017

Are senior Republicans plotting to remove President Trump? We also discuss Xi Jinping’s ambitions for himself and China's Communist party and remember Hollywood's greatest speeches.

19 October 2015

Jeffrey Kofman and James Boys join Monocle’s Andrew Mueller to discuss the day’s top new stories, from Canada’s election to Xi Jinping’s visit to the UK.