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Screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping attending a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden via video link, at a restaurant in Beijing

EDITORIAL | U.S., Allies Should Help Defend Democracy in Taiwan from Chinese Pressure

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun November 22, 2021

We cannot compromise our principles for the sake of cooperation. Effectively deterring China relies...

EDITORIAL | CCP Adopts ‘Historical Resolution’ Despite Xi’s Thin Accomplishments

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun November 15, 2021

Can Xi Jinping compare with Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping? This historical resolution by...

EDITORIAL | China Should Be Nakatani’s First Order of the Day as Human Rights Advisor

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun November 12, 2021

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s newly appointed advisor on human rights issues should use his...

Images of Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen on an exhibition about Tibet Autonomous Region, while people walk on a hall at the foreign ministry building in Beijing

China Glorifies Xi Jinping as He Rewrites the History of Communism

Duncan Bartlett, Diplomatic Correspondent November 11, 2021

Xi Jinping is writing himself into history, clearing the way to be China's...

BOOK REVIEW | ‘Media Warfare: Taiwan’s Battle for the Cognitive Domain’ by Kerry K. Gershaneck

Grant Newsham October 25, 2021

To Chinese strategists, media warfare (and the broader Political Warfare effort of which media...

Japan can Only Succeed in Self-Defense if it’s Prepared to Help Defend Taiwan

Yoji Koda September 29, 2021

Ex-JFSDF fleet commander Yoji Koda examines the issue of China’s possible use of military...

Human Rights leaders opposed to Bejing's treatment of ethnic minorities meet in Ginza, Tokyo, in February 2021

Discussions on Whether to Boycott Beijing 2022 Fail to Gain Momentum

Shimpei Okuhara September 28, 2021

The Olympic Charter honors human rights. After the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, will China...

FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Vice-Chairwoman Tonyee Chow is seen inside a vehicle after being detained in Hong Kong

‘Patriotic Exams’ Dominate as Communist Education Comes to Hong Kong Universities

Duncan Bartlett, Diplomatic Correspondent September 22, 2021

The pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong flourished among students until China moved to quash...

TABLE TENNIS | Japan Claims Silver Against Dominant China in Women's Team Event

Jim Armstrong August 6, 2021

Japan wins its third straight medal in the event, adding to a silver from...

Cloud of China Looms over Hong Kong and Taiwan in the Olympics

Akio Yaita, Sankei Shimbun August 3, 2021

Despite the pressure, one Hong Kong college student living in Taiwan said, “We support...

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INTERVIEW | Hong Kong’s Grace Lau Hopes to Snatch Medal in Karate Kata at Tokyo 2020

Arielle Busetto July 20, 2021

“I am proud to say that I am Olympian, and I am ready.” ...

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Beijing’s Coercion Keeps Inner Mongolians Away from Human Rights Rallies in Japan

Shimpei Okuhara July 20, 2021

“If your younger brother participates in the demonstration, your relatives will be put in...

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