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XI JINPING

COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2013
Xi factor may not influence contentious issues
The Chinese president's authority has certainly increased under Xi Jinping, but Xi is powerful only when he has the votes. On contentious issues, he is but one of seven top leaders.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2013
China dons provocateur suit
However powerful President Xi Jinping might have become, China's declaration of a vast air-defense identification zone does not add to its store of 'soft power.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2013
Who is Xi? Chinese leader enigma to world
In early November, China's most powerful man, Xi Jinping, stepped into a rustic farmhouse while on an inspection tour in far-flung Hunan province. The occupants' sole electrical appliance, a fluorescent light bulb, burned overhead. Shi Pazhuan, the family matriarch, was confused. "What should I call...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2013
Can Xi's reforms succeed?
Will it be possible for Xi Jinping to liberalize China's economy while trying to tighten the Communist Party's political grip?
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2013
With rapid growth imperiled, China at a crossroads
China remains a colossus, but its future is increasingly clouded.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2013
China's Xi is no Gorbachev
Trying to censor reality will only further undermine China's governing narrative, not strengthen its authority.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2013
China's billionaire problem remains in Xi Jinping's way
Chinese President Xi Jinping's economic program so far is looking all too much like 'Abenomics.'
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 16, 2013
Nationalism, Tibetans and Uighurs in today's China
Nationalism arouses solidarity and generates identity politics that threaten ethnic and religious minorities. Defining the "we" also defines the "they" — and the latter is inexorably marginalized.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2013
China envisions new 'Silk Roads' to West by land and by sea
Armed with tens of billions of dollars in investment deals and romantic tales of ancient explorers, Chinese President Xi Jinping spent much of September and October promoting his vision of two new "Silk Roads" to connect his country to the West and secure its energy supplies — one by land and another...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2013
Making do without Obama
More attention has been given to U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to cancel his trip to Asia because of Beltway politics than to what the regional ministers did without him.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2013
Obama's lesson in losing face
The White House is likely hoping that APEC leaders do not take President Obama's cancellation of a planned trip to Southeast Asia because of a budget impasse as a slap in the face.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 4, 2013
Xi starts regional charm offensive
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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / ANALYSIS
Oct 3, 2013
As Xi tightens grip, hopes for China reforms vanish
After Xi Jinping took over as head of China's Communist Party in December, some liberals dared to hope that change was in store for the world's most populous nation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 23, 2013
Parts of fallen star's legacy may yet survive
Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai's prospects of an eventual comeback evaporated Sunday after he was sentenced to life in prison and permanently deprived of all political rights, but aspects of his legacy may live on, experts said.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2013
China's Net crackdown shows fear trumps reform
China's new government is threatening jail terms for Web comments deemed defamatory. But by Beijing's definition, 'defamation' could mean anything that any politically connected person doesn't want to see made public.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2013
Regional rapprochement far off despite Abe's schmoozing
Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first face-to-face encounters with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts amid fraught bilateral ties, full rapprochement with the two neighboring countries is still a long way off.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 6, 2013
China says its view of Japan is unchanged, despite first Xi-Abe chat
Beijing said Friday its diplomatic position toward Tokyo has not been eased just because the top leaders of the two countries exchanged words for the first time.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2013
No Abe-Xi summit on G-20 sidelines: Tokyo official
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not sit down for one-on-one talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Thursday-Friday Group of 20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2013
CCP's plan for pro-democracy voices: repression
A semisecret directive from the senior members of the Chinese Communist Party tells us how President Xi Jinping plans to manage pro-democracy voices in China: by shutting them down.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2013
China: Xi chat with Abe on fringe of G-20 talks 'difficult'
A senior Chinese diplomat expressed "difficulty" Tuesday over the possibility of arranging bilateral talks between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of next week's Group of 20 summit in Russia.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
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.
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.
Amid same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings'
A lesbian couple, consisting of a 35-year-old woman (left) and 40-year-old woman, cover their faces with bouquets as they pose for wedding photos in Yokohama on Nov. 1.
China and Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
The Russian corvette Gromkiy enters the Chinese port of Zhanjiang as part of a joint China-Russia naval exercise on Saturday.
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.
How to tweak your diet when temperatures spike
Most people think of hydration as a strictly liquid-based concept, but eating foods with high water content is an essential part of making it through a Japanese summer unscathed.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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