China’s sputtering economy has its worried leaders pulling out all the stops. They have unveiled stimulus measures, offered rare cash handouts, held a surprise meeting to kickstart growth and tried to shake up an ailing property market with a raft of decisions - they did all of this in the last week.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois, is the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

Mr Gao calls for “ironclad loyalty” to Mr Xi and the party. He says the academy must “closely monitor…prominent issues that hinder our institution’s ability to serve” them. He has introduced “ten strictly forbiddens”,

Zhu Hengpeng, an economist from one of China's leading think tanks, has not appeared in public since April, reports the Wall Street Journal. The expert's disappearance may be related to negative comments he posted online about the country's economic management under President Xi Jinping.

Zhu Hengpeng, an economist from one of China's leading think tanks, has not appeared in public since April, reports the "Wall Street Journal." The expert's disappearance may be related to negative comments he posted online about the country's economic management under leader Xi Jinping.

China's top economist, Zhu Hengpeng, criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping in a private chat. At first, he was detained and removed from office, and then he disappeared, according to The Wall Street Journal.