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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 and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. [1]

In the latest episode of Nikkei Asia News Roundup, hosts Jada Nagumo and Brian Chapman discuss Xi Jinping's purge of China's military and a surge in Chinese tourists in Vietnam. [2]

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday, after a helicopter carrying them to visit soldiers crashed in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei, the Defense Ministry said. [3]

TAIPEI Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen has announced a string of appointments she hopes will help her navigate cross-strait relations and stimulate the economy. (confirmed by 2 sources) [4]

TAIPEI -- There is a behind-the-scenes architect responsible for the rising popularity of the smartphones that are selling for next to nothing in China. [5]

TAIPEI -- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen painted Beijing as an aggressor in disputes from the South China Sea to the China-India border, while at the same time saying she was willing to hold cross-strait talks. [6]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-29 · 43% match

Analysis: Xi Jinping purges his conduit to party elders

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 and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-30 · 42% match

Xi purges top general and more Chinese solo travelers discover Vietnam

In the latest episode of Nikkei Asia News Roundup, hosts Jada Nagumo and Brian Chapman discuss Xi Jinping's purge of China's military and a surge in Chinese tourists in Vietnam.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-01-03 · 74% match

Taiwan’s Military Chief Among 8 Dead in Helicopter Crash

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday, after a helicopter carrying them to visit soldiers crashed in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei, the Defense Ministry said.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-04-28 · 50% match

Team Tsai takes shape in Taiwan

TAIPEI Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen has announced a string of appointments she hopes will help her navigate cross-strait relations and stimulate the economy.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-01-20 · 48% match

Tsai: the boxer that won't go down

TAIPEI -- There is a behind-the-scenes architect responsible for the rising popularity of the smartphones that are selling for next to nothing in China.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-10-10 · 45% match

Taiwan's Tsai paints China as aggressor in India, South China Sea

TAIPEI -- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen painted Beijing as an aggressor in disputes from the South China Sea to the China-India border, while at the same time saying she was willing to hold cross-strait talks.

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