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XI JINPING

Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2022
Putin nods to Xi’s ‘concerns,’ and the limits of their cooperation
Rather than put on a show of Eurasian unity against the West, the two leaders struck discordant notes in their public remarks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2022
Xi lands in Kazakhstan for first foreign trip in over two years
Xi, who wore a mask bearing a Chinese flag, was greeted on the tarmac by a marching band and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who he was set to hold talks with that afternoon.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2022
Japan-Russia ties remain grim as Moscow becomes Beijing’s ‘junior partner’
As Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping prepare to meet in Uzbekistan, it's unclear whether the summit will yield any substantial gains for Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 13, 2022
Xi to meet Putin in first trip outside China since start of pandemic
The trip shows Xi is confident about both his grip on power at home and about his role as a world leader at a time of renewed great power friction.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 12, 2022
China's Xi to visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week
The Chinese leader's trips will be his first abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 7, 2022
Xi and Putin to meet for first time since Russia’s war in Ukraine
The two will meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that runs from Sept. 15-16, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 6, 2022
Japan needs to take measures against China’s geoeconomic strategy
This year has seen a rise in military tensions, but also increasing economic security concerns.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2022
For China’s Xi and other strongmen, Gorbachev showed exactly what not to do
This lesson has been taken most to heart in China, where Xi Jinping is expected to be anointed to a third term as the country's top leader during a Communist Party congress this fall.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
China's Xi to push a more 'Sinocentric' approach in third term
With little change expected in broad policy direction, key outcomes from the congress will revolve around personnel — who joins Xi on the Politburo Standing Committee.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2022
COVID policy, political tensions dimming U.S. firms’ confidence in China, survey shows
Only 51% of respondents expressed some degree of optimism about their five-year business outlook in the world's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2022
The face of China: A globetrotting diplomat armed with U.S. admonitions
While Xi Jinping hasn't visited another country in the pandemic, his foreign minister, Wang Yi, has been to dozens, extolling Beijing's vision for the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2022
China’s milestone moment for markets now just a distant memory
Hope that dramatic interventions five months ago has turned into skepticism over whether policymakers will do whatever it takes to bolster financial markets.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 21, 2022
Biden faces G20 quandary between joining Putin and Xi or staying home
The U.S. leader is facing a difficult choice — attend this year's summit with two leaders he has sought to isolate, or skip the gathering and forgo a chance to shape its outcome.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2022
Indonesian president says Xi and Putin will attend G20 summit
Putin's attendance could also bring him face to face with Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since Russia's invasion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2022
China's Xi faces problems at home and abroad as he starts march to third term
Shortly after Xi took power, he outlined his 'Chinese Dream” for national rejuvenation. A decade later, he's entering his most challenging period yet for turning that vision into reality.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 16, 2022
Troops, noodles and familial love: China lays out its ideal Taiwan
Alongside its flashy display of power, China has been laying out its most forceful vision — political, economic, cultural — of a unified future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2022
Xi crackdown foils Shanghai-like COVID unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet
Broad surveillance measures used over the years against Tibetan Buddhists and mainly Muslim Uyghurs, both minority groups in China, are helping enforce lockdown rules.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2022
Stranded tourists on virus-hit China resort island see hope after protests
Travelers can fly out of Hainan provided there are no new cases in their tour groups and hotels within the last seven days.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2022
U.S. rethinks approach to China tariffs in wake of Taiwan response
The president's team has been wrestling for months with various ways to ease the costs of duties imposed on Chinese imports during predecessor Donald Trump's tenure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2022
China thinks it’s winning the race against the West — but is it?
The readiness to take a hard line on Taiwan is strengthened by the conviction among Chinese that the global balance of power is shifting and the tide of history favors their country.

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