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CommentXi's wrath at Japan over Taiwan rooted in 19th-century Chinese defeat No room for reconciliation while paramount leader's anger remains unabated Chinese President Xi Jinping was reportedly enraged by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's No... [1]

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

The Diplomat | Author Charlotte Gao Charlotte Gao holds a MA degree in Asian Studies. Her research interests center around East Asian topics. [3]

A popular Chinese adage – “a fence is fixed by three stakes, a capable man is aided by three mates” – expresses the need for external assistance, regardless of one’s outstanding qualities. [4]

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. [5]

ObituariesBuddhist leader Hsing Yun wooed Beijing to access China Venerated monk's politics were increasingly anachronistic in modern Taiwan Hsing Yun, the Taiwan-based founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order, supported calls for China a... [6]

TAIPEI -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign and efforts to bolster his power have alienated him from many and won him numerous enemies, the exiled Chinese dissident Yang Jianli told the Nikkei Asian Review earlier this m... [7]

Willy Lam is an adjunct professor of history at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation think tank in Washington. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-10 · 45% match

Xi's wrath at Japan over Taiwan rooted in 19th-century Chinese defeat

CommentXi's wrath at Japan over Taiwan rooted in 19th-century Chinese defeat No room for reconciliation while paramount leader's anger remains unabated Chinese President Xi Jinping was reportedly enraged by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's No

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-12 · 45% match

Analysis: Xi Jinping's generals face a treacherous political battlefield

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

[3] TH thediplomat.com · 65% match

Charlotte Gao

The Diplomat | Author Charlotte Gao Charlotte Gao holds a MA degree in Asian Studies. Her research interests center around East Asian topics.

[4] TH thediplomat.com · 2015-01-19 · 49% match

The Éminence Grise of Zhongnanhai

A popular Chinese adage – “a fence is fixed by three stakes, a capable man is aided by three mates” – expresses the need for external assistance, regardless of one’s outstanding qualities.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-11-11 · 46% match

Analysis: Xi's favorite Zen master holds key to Japan rapprochement

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-02-23 · 44% match

Buddhist leader Hsing Yun wooed Beijing to access China

ObituariesBuddhist leader Hsing Yun wooed Beijing to access China Venerated monk's politics were increasingly anachronistic in modern Taiwan Hsing Yun, the Taiwan-based founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order, supported calls for China a

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-20 · 44% match

Xi 'enemy to all Chinese' says exiled dissident Yang Jianli

TAIPEI -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign and efforts to bolster his power have alienated him from many and won him numerous enemies, the exiled Chinese dissident Yang Jianli told the Nikkei Asian Review earlier this m

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-12-05 · 43% match

Jiang Zemin's death is prompting Chinese to question Xi's path

Willy Lam is an adjunct professor of history at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation think tank in Washington.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-05-16 · 43% match

Biden Cautions China in its Dispute With Vietnam

Vice President Joe Biden is conveying America’s objections about China’s behavior in a territorial dispute with Vietnam to the top brass of the Chinese military. Biden met Thursday with Fang Fenghui, the military’s general chief of staff.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-12-25 · 42% match

China's tiger-hunting fire chief

HONG KONG -- Chinese President Xi Jinping two years ago declared he would "strike both tigers and flies." In plain English, Xi was saying he would expose and stamp out corruption at all levels of the Chinese bureaucracy.

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