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XI JINPING

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 18, 2017
North Korea, feared to hold nuclear test at start of Chinese congress, sends congratulations
North Korea sent a congratulatory message to China's Communist Party congress on Wednesday amid increasingly frayed relationships between the traditional allies as China tightens sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 17, 2017
Sino-Japanese rivalry deepens as Abe and Xi look set to consolidate grips on power
Asia's two biggest economies both have their most powerful leaders in decades — and neither one has much incentive to mend a relationship that has long been volatile.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 17, 2017
China state media attacks Western democracy ahead of Congress
China's official Xinhua News Agency attacked Western democracy as divisive and confrontational on Tuesday, praising on the eve of a key Communist Party Congress the harmony and cooperative nature of the Chinese system.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 15, 2017
Chinese Communist Party expels former Justice Minister Wu Aiying over graft
A former Chinese justice minister has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party following an investigation by the anti-corruption watchdog, the first time the government has announced that she was in trouble.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2017
Don't expect China's new leaders to change
We now have five years of data on Xi Jinping's policies and predilections, and very little of it suggests he is deeply invested in a pro-market, reformist agenda.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2017
China's Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress
China's Communist Party opened a meeting Wednesday to make final preparations for a key party congress later this month, state media said, a five-yearly event where President Xi Jinping is expected to further tighten his grip on power.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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