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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]

BEIJING — As tensions spike between China and other countries in Asia’s disputed waters, serving and retired Chinese military officers as well as state media are questioning whether China’s armed forces are too corrupt to fight and win a war. [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]

In 1949, Mao Zedong established the Peoples’ Republic of China, which was formally recognized by the freshly independent Myanmar government. [4]

BEIJING — No part of China’s ruling Communist Party is off limits for its crackdown on corruption, the country’s top graft buster was quoted as saying, sounding a warning a few days after the one of the country’s most senior former soldiers was purge... [5]

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. [6]

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 ... [7]

WASHINGTON -- Joey Siu, a prominent pro-democracy Hong Kong activist, told Nikkei that she continues to face "worsening harassment and also threats" from China even after moving to the U.S., stressing the global nature of the problem. [8]

Sources
[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-12 · 67% 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 www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-08-19 · 71% match

Chinese Military’s Ability to Wage War Eroded by Graft, Its Generals Warn

BEIJING — As tensions spike between China and other countries in Asia’s disputed waters, serving and retired Chinese military officers as well as state media are questioning whether China’s armed forces are too corrupt to fight and win a war.

[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] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-01-13 · 40% match

TIMELINE: China-Myanmar Relations

In 1949, Mao Zedong established the Peoples’ Republic of China, which was formally recognized by the freshly independent Myanmar government.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-07-07 · 40% match

China’s Top Graft-buster Says No Limits to Probes

BEIJING — No part of China’s ruling Communist Party is off limits for its crackdown on corruption, the country’s top graft buster was quoted as saying, sounding a warning a few days after the one of the country’s most senior former soldiers was purge

[6] 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.

[7] 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

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-03-15 · 33% match

Hong Kong activist Joey Siu describes 'transnational repression' by China

WASHINGTON -- Joey Siu, a prominent pro-democracy Hong Kong activist, told Nikkei that she continues to face "worsening harassment and also threats" from China even after moving to the U.S., stressing the global nature of the problem.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-11-13 · 33% match

Poking the elephant: China's Belt and Road riles India

TOKYO -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Manila for the East Asia Summit, joining U.S.

[10] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 37% match

China Should Break its Silence on Suu Kyi

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