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...
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...
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Japan visit as state guest has been postponed. The decision is natural as it is uncertain when the new coronavirus epidemic...
The governments of Japan and China are considering delaying Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Japan, which had been tentatively scheduled for early April, Sankei...
While previously firing warning shots in the air, the Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester at close range on Tuesday, October 1....
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...
The long duration of Japan’s pacifism in the face of increasing belligerence from China is not only an effect of near-sighted historical memory...
Akio Yaita “Things are becoming somewhat similar to 40 years ago, before the downfall of Hua Guofeng,” a veteran member of the...
As a foreign correspondent for most of the several decades of my journalism career, following trends in the Japan-United States-China trilateral relationship has been...
