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

General Guo Boxiong gets life for corruption A former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission and Politburo member, the senior officer used his influence to get promotions and took bribes. [2]

Just under four years ago, at the 18th National Party Congress, Xi Jinping ascended to China’s top post, that of general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC). [3]

Li Jiao is a partner at Buren N.V., an international law firm headquartered in the Netherlands with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. [4]

Few if any Chinese financial policymakers are as well respected as Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China. [5]

Yun Jiang is the first AIIA China Matters Fellow as part of a joint program of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Canberra and the policy institute China Matters in Sydney. (confirmed by 2 sources) [6]

commentary Commentary Commentary: Beijing's party bosses promise to reshape the capital Cai Qi and Chen Jining have been chosen to lead Beijing. [7]

SHANGHAI -- China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday appointed an ally of President Xi Jinping as the party's top official in Shanghai, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-12 · 71% 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.

[2] MM asianews.it · 82% match

General Guo Boxiong gets life for corruption

General Guo Boxiong gets life for corruption A former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission and Politburo member, the senior officer used his influence to get promotions and took bribes.

[3] TH thediplomat.com · 2016-10-29 · 50% match

Can China Finally Solve Its Corruption Problem?

Just under four years ago, at the 18th National Party Congress, Xi Jinping ascended to China’s top post, that of general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-14 · 44% match

Pinduoduo and Luckin Coffee show China's corporate governance dilemmas

Li Jiao is a partner at Buren N.V., an international law firm headquartered in the Netherlands with offices in Beijing and Shanghai.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-07-15 · 44% match

Fraser Howie - China's financial reforms need new champions

Few if any Chinese financial policymakers are as well respected as Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-12-27 · 43% match

Security focus is setting back science in both China and the U.S.

Yun Jiang is the first AIIA China Matters Fellow as part of a joint program of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Canberra and the policy institute China Matters in Sydney.

[7] MM www.channelnewsasia.com · 2017-07-01 · 41% match

Commentary: Beijing's party bosses promise to reshape the capital

commentary Commentary Commentary: Beijing's party bosses promise to reshape the capital Cai Qi and Chen Jining have been chosen to lead Beijing.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-10-30 · 40% match

Xi loyalist picked as Shanghai boss

SHANGHAI -- China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday appointed an ally of President Xi Jinping as the party's top official in Shanghai, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-08-11 · 40% match

China Gives Ex-General Suspended Death Sentence for Bribery

BEIJING — A military court on Monday gave a suspended death sentence to a general convicted of bribery and other crimes, the highest-ranking military officer to be tried since China’s president began cracking down on corruption in the country’s vast

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-10-22 · 40% match

China's new leadership - Nikkei Asia

China's new leadership Xi's third term begins in earnest The Chinese government under third-term General Secretary Xi Jinping, who is also president, has started.

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