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XI JINPING

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2022
Little to celebrate as Japan and China mark 50 years of ties
Amid issues over territory and Taiwan, experts say the best Tokyo and Beijing can hope for is to stop ties from crumbling further in the near-term.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 26, 2022
Xi’s 'core' status reaffirmed as party unveils congress invitees
In a Monday editorial, the People's Daily newspaper urged delegates to closely align behind 'comrade Xi Jinping as the core” of the party.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2022
Russia's top envoy accuses Washington of 'playing with fire' around Taiwan
Tensions over Taiwan have soared after a visit in August by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 23, 2022
Taiwanese independence is a charging rhino that must be stopped, China says
Chinese authorities use the term 'gray rhinos” to refer to highly probably, high-impact financial hazards that risk being overlooked.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2022
Xi to make Taiwan reunification long-term goal at party congress
A plan has been examined for a reference to Taiwan reunification to be included in an activity report that will be released by the Chinese leader.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2022
Xi’s heir is likely among China’s rising ‘Luckiest Generation’
A group of Communist Party cadres born in the 1970s that missed both the havoc of the Mao era and the economic crises facing today's graduates is one to watch at next month's party congress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2022
In the ‘Great Game’ of Central Asia, China’s leader seeks the advantage
Xi Jinping's visit to Central Asia sheds a light on his country's efforts to increase its sway in the vast, resource-rich region once considered Russia's domain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2022
As India joins China in distancing from Russia, Putin warns of escalation
After Indian leader Narendra Modi said that now is not the time for war, an increasingly isolated Vladimir Putin has threatened “more serious” actions in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 16, 2022
Putin’s support for China on Taiwan outweighs any of Xi's concerns about Ukraine
During their first in-person talks since the Ukraine war began, Putin blasted what he called 'provocations by the U.S. and its satellites in the Taiwan Strait.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2022
Putin nods to Xi’s ‘concerns,’ and the limits of their cooperation
Rather than put on a show of Eurasian unity against the West, the two leaders struck discordant notes in their public remarks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2022
Xi lands in Kazakhstan for first foreign trip in over two years
Xi, who wore a mask bearing a Chinese flag, was greeted on the tarmac by a marching band and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who he was set to hold talks with that afternoon.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2022
Japan-Russia ties remain grim as Moscow becomes Beijing’s ‘junior partner’
As Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping prepare to meet in Uzbekistan, it's unclear whether the summit will yield any substantial gains for Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 13, 2022
Xi to meet Putin in first trip outside China since start of pandemic
The trip shows Xi is confident about both his grip on power at home and about his role as a world leader at a time of renewed great power friction.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 12, 2022
China's Xi to visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week
The Chinese leader's trips will be his first abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 7, 2022
Xi and Putin to meet for first time since Russia’s war in Ukraine
The two will meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that runs from Sept. 15-16, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 6, 2022
Japan needs to take measures against China’s geoeconomic strategy
This year has seen a rise in military tensions, but also increasing economic security concerns.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 2, 2022
For China’s Xi and other strongmen, Gorbachev showed exactly what not to do
This lesson has been taken most to heart in China, where Xi Jinping is expected to be anointed to a third term as the country's top leader during a Communist Party congress this fall.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
China's Xi to push a more 'Sinocentric' approach in third term
With little change expected in broad policy direction, key outcomes from the congress will revolve around personnel — who joins Xi on the Politburo Standing Committee.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2022
COVID policy, political tensions dimming U.S. firms’ confidence in China, survey shows
Only 51% of respondents expressed some degree of optimism about their five-year business outlook in the world's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2022
The face of China: A globetrotting diplomat armed with U.S. admonitions
While Xi Jinping hasn't visited another country in the pandemic, his foreign minister, Wang Yi, has been to dozens, extolling Beijing's vision for the world.

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