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Shenzhen attack's aftermath reveals cracks in China's governing power

Oct 1, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Tetsushi Takahashi |Nikkei senior

TOKYO -- Obtaining a residency permit at a local public safety bureau is a rite of passage for foreigners who move to China. In the past, there were always long lines. The process was an agonizing chore that took almost all day.
Xi may see second Trump term creating opening on Taiwan

Jul 24, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Tetsushi Takahashi |Nikkei senior

TOKYO -- With U.S. President Joe Biden ending his reelection bid, Chinese leader Xi Jinping might begin shaping his long-term foreign policy with an eye toward former President Donald Trump winning a second term in November. At a campaign rally on Saturday, Trump said he received a "beautiful note" from the Chinese president after being shot in the ear at a July 13 event. China's Foreign Ministry had previously announced that Xi "expressed sympathies" to Trump after the shooting.
Will China really invade? Caution and optimism in Taiwan

Dec 4, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Tetsushi Takahashi |Nikkei senior

TOKYO -- Taiwan's presidential election on Jan. 13 is just weeks away and military pressure on the island by mainland China is on the rise. Yet, conversations with residents on the self-governed island suggest that a crisis in the Taiwan Strait is not a large concern. In mid-November, Taiwan's Defense Ministry allowed Nikkei and other Japanese news outlets to witness a military jet exercise at the Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taichung, near the Taiwan Strait.
Xi blindsides Japan with outcry over Fukushima water release

Aug 29, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Tetsushi Takahashi

TOKYO -- China's response to the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been much harsher than Japan had anticipated, sending Tokyo officials scrambling to deal with the fallout. "I thought China would respond somehow, but I wasn't expecting it to go this far," a senior Japanese official who asked to remain anonymous said shortly after China decided Thursday to ban all seafood imports from Japan.
Japan's Kishida keeps talking of 'doubling,' but doubling what?

Mar 4, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Tetsushi Takahashi

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's repeated use of the word "doubling" has exposed a lack of attention to detail, brought on public scrutiny and revealed a leader prone to making missteps. At the very least the reiterations have caused some confusion. This was on display on Feb. 15 during a lower house budget committee meeting that was taking up a proposed allocation meant to help lift Japan's sagging birthrate.
Pressuring Xi Jinping risks create 'another Putin'

Feb 20, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Tetsushi Takahashi

TOKYO -- China's Communist Party rarely admits its mistakes, but reportedly there was a case in which the party internally acknowledged an error. The case was China's ban on rare-earth exports to Japan. The ban followed an incident in September 2010 during which a Chinese fishing boat intentionally rammed two Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels in waters off the Senkaku Islands, which are administered by Japan but claimed by China in the East China Sea.
Is China's economic recovery for real?

Feb 2, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Tetsushi Takahashi

TOKYO -- The economic pessimism that reigned a short while ago now seems like an illusion. The global economy will not turn out as bad this year as previously thought, according to the prevailing outlooks. Attitudes started to brighten with the reopening of China's economy, prompted by the end to the country's zero-COVID policy. Stalled economic activity immediately began to pick up.