China was keen on using the October 1992 visit of then-Emperor Akihito to escape Western sanctions due to the Tiananmen Massacre, declassified records show.
In a bid to regain popularity, Jiang Zemin used historical issues to fan anti-Japanese sentiment. The damage of his campaign still impacts relations today.
Party organ People’s Daily printed two contradictory articles a week apart, opening a window into internal conflicting views of Xi’s governance inside the Chinese Communist Party.
Regional security is at risk. Xi can only escape the shadow of Deng Xiaoping by doing something big, and he appears to be aiming at Taiwan.
Hinting at a deeper intra-party struggle, the final resolution recognizes former party leaders whose historical roles were left out in the original. Will Japan become a...
It seems Xi's intent is to use the resolution to announce the start of a “Xi era” that sets him to become a dictator for life...
While the world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China — more than 450,000 deaths worldwide have been reported — Beijing’s...
China, the source of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is stepping up its efforts toward normalization by ending the lockdown of Wuhan in Hubei province, and...
On a recent visit to the city of Changsha in China’s Hunan province, I took a side trip to Shaoshan, the picturesque little village...
(Last of Three Parts) Part 1: Did China Corrupt Interpol to Get the Presidency? Part 2: The Fall of Interpol President Meng Hongwei: Abuse...
Akio Yaita “Things are becoming somewhat similar to 40 years ago, before the downfall of Hua Guofeng,” a veteran member of the...
The latest China Security Report published by Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in February aims to analyze China’s military and security affairs from a...