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XI JINPING

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2017
China, urged to rein in North Korea, actually has little sway, diplomats say
When Kim Jong Un inherited power in North Korea in late 2011, then-Chinese President Hu Jintao was outwardly supportive of the untested young leader, predicting that "traditional friendly cooperation" between the countries would strengthen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2017
China's troublesome civil-military relations
President Xi Jinping is still struggling to assert full civil control over China's politically ascendant military.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 5, 2017
China seeks to silence critics at U.N. forums, rights body says
Beijing is waging a campaign of harassment against Chinese activists who seek to testify at the United Nations about repression, while the world body sometimes turns a blind eye or is even complicit, Human Rights Watch said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 5, 2017
China's Xi wants to put relations with India on 'right track'
China wants to put its relationship with India on the "right track," President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, as the two countries sought to mend ties damaged by a recent tense Himalayan border standoff.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 2, 2017
Happy history in China, the land of the politically repressed
Talk about negative nation branding! With the Cambridge University Press affair, Chinese authorities have really outdone themselves in drawing attention to their fear of history.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2017
Xi takes steps to lifelong sole leadership on a par with Mao
A recent scene at a dusty Inner Mongolia military base provided evidence of Chinese President Xi Jinping's consolidation of political power even as he faces pushback in his ruling Communist Party ahead of a critical gathering next month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2017
Hong Kong pro-independence duo lose appeal over council seats
Hong Kong's highest court dismissed an appeal by two pro-independence lawmakers contesting their disqualification from the legislature last year on Friday, effectively ruling out their return to the political fold in the Chinese-ruled city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 7, 2017
Xi's move to punish North Korea buys time With Trump on trade
Xi Jinping appears to again be back in Donald Trump's good graces — at least for now.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2017
China's fear of becoming Japan fueling crackdown on leverage, corporate buying sprees
President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser commissioned a study earlier this year to see how China could avoid the fate of Japan's epic bust in the 1990s and decades of stagnation that followed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 31, 2017
As Beijing investigates his successor, support for jailed Bo Xilai endures in Chongqing
In this steamy metropolis of more than 30 million people on the banks of the Yangtze River, it doesn't take much to find people who still talk in reverential terms about Bo Xilai, Chongqing's incarcerated and disgraced former Communist Party head who was removed from office more than five years ago....
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2017
China bets U.S. won't carry out strike against North Korea
China is betting that U.S. President Donald Trump won't make good on his threats of a military strike against North Korea, with Beijing continuing to provide a lifeline to Kim Jong Un's regime.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2017
Top U.S. Navy brass asks Chinese counterpart for help on North Korea
The U.S. Navy's top officer asked his Chinese counterpart to exert influence on North Korea to help rein in its advancing nuclear and missile programs, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2017
China's strong second quarter GDP growth paves way for deeper reforms
China's economy expanded faster than expected in the second quarter, setting the country on course to comfortably meet its 2017 growth target and giving policymakers room to tackle big economic challenges ahead of key leadership changes later this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 16, 2017
Former Chongqing party chief and Chinese Politburo member under probe, report says
Sun Zhengcai, the former Communist Party chief of the Chinese city of Chongqing, is under investigation by authorities, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people it didn't identify.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 15, 2017
Chen Miner, a rising star in Chinese politics, appointed Chongqing party boss
China has appointed Chen Miner, a rising political star, as the Communist Party boss in southwestern Chongqing, cementing his credentials as a contender to join the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee at the 19th Party Congress this fall.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 10, 2017
China says U.S. has apologized for mistakenly labeling Xi president of Taiwan
The United States has apologized for mistakenly identifying Chinese President Xi Jinping as the leader of Taiwan in a statement, China's Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 10, 2017
Hello Hong Kong: China's army turns on charm with weekend shows
From 700 sailors spelling out "Hello Hong Kong" on the deck to youthful soldiers singing about iPads and smartphones, China's People's Liberation Army used the first port call in Hong Kong by its aircraft carrier to turn on the charm.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2017
Trump, Xi discuss North Korea and trade at G-20
U.S. President Donald Trump took a conciliatory tone Saturday at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping where the leaders agreed to keep working on two pressing issues: the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and bilateral trade irritants.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2017
A rough summer for Xi Jinping
Hong Kong's anniversary has underscored problems in Beijing's international standing, U.S. relations are on the downswing and China is being challenged on other foreign policy fronts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 2, 2017
Taiwan scrambles jets as Chinese aircraft carrier passes through strait en route to Hong Kong
Taiwan scrambled military jets Sunday as China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, passed through the 180-km-wide strait separating the two rivals while en route to Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Beijing.
Japan ruling bloc projected to lose majority in Upper House election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters Sunday after exit polls showed poor results for the ruling coalition in the Upper House election.
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.
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.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
‘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
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.

Podcast

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