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XI JINPING

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2019
As maritime rows resurface, Duterte readies to raise South China Sea ruling with Xi
When Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte visits China this week, he'll need to salvage something from a "pivot" to Beijing that has left him empty-handed and exposed his neighbors to a new level of brinkmanship in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2019
Trump shifts tone on China but not tactics as deal grows distant
U.S. President Donald Trump left the G7 summit Monday taking a softer tone toward China, just days after spooking financial markets with another escalation in their trade war. Yet amid all the soothing words, Trump made it clear that he wasn't abandoning his rough-and-tumble tactics to force a trade...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2019
Trump says China talks back on as Beijing downplays breakthrough
U.S. President Donald Trump said the prospects for a deal with China are better now than at any time since negotiations began last year, even as a top state-media editor in Beijing questioned his version of events.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2019
China hits U.S. back with tariffs on soybeans and cars and oil
China announced plans to impose additional tariffs on $75 billion of American goods including soybeans, automobiles and oil, with the retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest planned levies on Chinese imports sending U.S. stock futures tumbling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2019
After Twitter and Facebook, YouTube uncovers influence campaign against Hong Kong protests
Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced on Thursday that its YouTube streaming video service disabled 210 channels appearing to engage in a coordinated influence operation around the Hong Kong protests, days after Twitter and Facebook said they dismantled a similar campaign originating in mainland China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2019
When Leninists overreach
Russia and China now appear increasingly isolated on the world stage and the question now is whether they have gone too far.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 16, 2019
China warns it can quell Hong Kong protesters as Trump urges Xi to meet them
Hong Kong braced for more mass protests over the weekend, even as China warned it could use its power to quell demonstrations and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet personally with the protesters to defuse weeks of tensions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2019
Beijing says millions of tons of U.S. soy shipped to China in trade consensus
The United States has shipped several million tons of soybeans to China since the two countries' leaders met in June, Chinese state media said on Sunday, an apparent sign of goodwill before trade talks in Shanghai this week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2019
Top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators to meet face-to-face for first time since Trump-Xi meeting
Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators will meet face-to-face next week for the first time since the countries' leaders agreed in June to revive talks aimed at ending a yearlong trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2019
China defense white paper singles out Japan over security shift and blasts U.S. for undermining global stability
China has singled out Japan for its shifting security policies and lambasted the United States for undermining global stability, noting rising strategic competition among major powers, in its first defense white paper in seven years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2019
U.S.-China trade talks continue and in-person meeting may be planned, Steve Mnuchin says
U.S. and Chinese officials will speak on Thursday, potentially paving the way for in-person trade talks to resume, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday, as the world's two largest economies seek to end a year-long trade war.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2019
Trump sees slowing Chinese growth pressuring Beijing on trade as U.S. tariffs have 'major effect'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday seized on slowing economic growth in China as evidence that U.S. tariffs were having "a major effect" and warned that Washington could pile on more pressure as bilateral trade talks sputtered along.
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
Jul 10, 2019
Why Japan needs to build ties with Canada in the face of Trump's 'America First' agenda
Last month, on the eve of the G20 summit in Osaka, reports emerged that U.S. President Donald Trump was openly mulling a withdrawal from the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty as a result of an "unfair" sharing of alliance burdens.
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2019
U.S. exempts some medical, electronic devices from China tariffs
The Trump administration will exempt 110 Chinese products, from medical equipment to key capacitors, from hefty tariffs, it said on Tuesday, offering relief to some U.S. firms which have said the taxes harm their bottom lines.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 9, 2019
Crack hard nuts, handle hot potatoes: Xi tells officials not to be lazy and 'spend whole day eating'
Chinese officials must not use the fight against corruption as an excuse to sit around and do nothing, idling their time away and "spending the whole day eating," President Xi Jinping told a meeting of senior Communist Party leaders on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2019
Chinese military signals it will keep Hong Kong-based troops in barracks amid protests
The Chinese military commander responsible for Hong Kong has assured a Pentagon official that Chinese troops will not interfere in the city's affairs — an apparent signal that they will stay in their barracks amid renewed political upheaval.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 1, 2019
At Osaka G20, Trump does his bit to help shunned strongmen return from political wilderness
It was a good few days to be an authoritarian leader.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 30, 2019
G20 world leaders agree on some issues, but significant gaps remain following Osaka summit
World leaders attending the Group of 20 summit in Osaka reached consensus on a number of topics but failed to come to an agreement on others.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 30, 2019
Huawei lifeline shows Trump prefers business deals over trade war
In recent weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of security hawks in Congress for suggesting he could trade away his blacklisting of Huawei Technologies Co. to secure a trade deal with China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2019
LIVEBLOG: Osaka G20 — day 2
Live updates from Osaka and The Japan Times newsroom about the June 28-29 Group of 20 summit.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
The self as a muse: Leonard Foujita's world in paintings and photos
One of Leonard Foujita’s biggest muses was himself. He painted self-portraits, often with a cat on his side, looking back at the viewer. He posed for photographers throughout his life, the displayed photos showing he retained his signature bowl cut and round glasses.

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