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XI JINPING

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2017
1.34 million Chinese officials have been punished for graft since 2013
China's anti-graft watchdog said roughly 1.34 million lower-ranking officials have been punished since 2013 under President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 1, 2017
Tea and Tiananmen: Inside China's new censorship machine
In a glass tower in a trendy part of China's eastern city of Tianjin, hundreds of young men and women sit in front of computer screens, scouring the internet for videos and messages that run counter to Communist Party doctrine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2017
Xi tells Chinese to study capitalism but follow Marxism
Communist Party members should study contemporary capitalism but must never deviate from Marxism, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said, offering a clear signal there will be no weakening of party control weeks ahead of a key party congress.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 26, 2017
The illusion that China's economy is in good shape
The risk of China's economy plummeting toward the end of the year should not be discounted.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Sep 26, 2017
China's Communist Party uses rap to tap youth culture, hook millennials
In his baseball cap and baggy yellow T-shirt, the rap star Li Yijie — better known by his stage name "Pissy" — is an unlikely face of China's strait-laced ruling Communist Party.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2017
What's at stake in Chinese Communist Party convention
When the Chinese Communist Party holds its convention next month, President Xi Jinping, who has already been given the designation of "core" leader, is expected to make every effort to concentrate power with himself. Japan needs to work out its strategy toward China by carefully watching the developments...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2017
'Red Culture' training camps aim to rekindle Chinese faith in communism ahead of key party congress
A man in Red Army garb hits the pavement in a simulated attack during a re-staging of part of the Long March.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 19, 2017
China to amend party constitution at October congress, possibly to enshrine Xi's 'Comprehensives'
China's ruling Communist Party is expected to amend its constitution at a key party congress next month, state media said on Monday, in a sign that President Xi Jinping aims to enshrine his guiding ideological doctrine in the charter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2017
One year after China's THAAD warning, South Korean business suffer
On a faded notice pasted to the padlocked doors of the Lotte Mart superstore in Jiaxing, China, a date can still be read: March 6, 2017 — when the store was ordered to "temporarily" close over alleged fire safety issues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2017
China, urged to rein in North Korea, actually has little sway, diplomats say
When Kim Jong Un inherited power in North Korea in late 2011, then-Chinese President Hu Jintao was outwardly supportive of the untested young leader, predicting that "traditional friendly cooperation" between the countries would strengthen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2017
China's troublesome civil-military relations
President Xi Jinping is still struggling to assert full civil control over China's politically ascendant military.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 5, 2017
China seeks to silence critics at U.N. forums, rights body says
Beijing is waging a campaign of harassment against Chinese activists who seek to testify at the United Nations about repression, while the world body sometimes turns a blind eye or is even complicit, Human Rights Watch said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 5, 2017
China's Xi wants to put relations with India on 'right track'
China wants to put its relationship with India on the "right track," President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, as the two countries sought to mend ties damaged by a recent tense Himalayan border standoff.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 2, 2017
Happy history in China, the land of the politically repressed
Talk about negative nation branding! With the Cambridge University Press affair, Chinese authorities have really outdone themselves in drawing attention to their fear of history.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2017
Xi takes steps to lifelong sole leadership on a par with Mao
A recent scene at a dusty Inner Mongolia military base provided evidence of Chinese President Xi Jinping's consolidation of political power even as he faces pushback in his ruling Communist Party ahead of a critical gathering next month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2017
Hong Kong pro-independence duo lose appeal over council seats
Hong Kong's highest court dismissed an appeal by two pro-independence lawmakers contesting their disqualification from the legislature last year on Friday, effectively ruling out their return to the political fold in the Chinese-ruled city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 7, 2017
Xi's move to punish North Korea buys time With Trump on trade
Xi Jinping appears to again be back in Donald Trump's good graces — at least for now.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2017
China's fear of becoming Japan fueling crackdown on leverage, corporate buying sprees
President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser commissioned a study earlier this year to see how China could avoid the fate of Japan's epic bust in the 1990s and decades of stagnation that followed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 31, 2017
As Beijing investigates his successor, support for jailed Bo Xilai endures in Chongqing
In this steamy metropolis of more than 30 million people on the banks of the Yangtze River, it doesn't take much to find people who still talk in reverential terms about Bo Xilai, Chongqing's incarcerated and disgraced former Communist Party head who was removed from office more than five years ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2017
China bets U.S. won't carry out strike against North Korea
China is betting that U.S. President Donald Trump won't make good on his threats of a military strike against North Korea, with Beijing continuing to provide a lifeline to Kim Jong Un's regime.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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