Guests staying too long create a delicate social situation. Telling your partner, “I’ll believe I’ll turn in so that these fine folks can go home,” might make the point. Invasive plants don’t respond ...

The discipline, known as “tea-leaf reading,” has become more relevant than ever in Xi’s era as he centralizes power into his own hands and makes the decision-making process even more obscure.

Gen. He Weidong was recently absent from a decades-old military springtime ceremony, fueling speculation he may have become the latest - and most senior - casualty in Xi Jinping's purge of the top ...