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To Xi Jinping, controlling Taiwan is the key to China gaining national prestige and to himself ensuring his political legacy. (Nikkei montage/Yusuke Hinata and Kyodo)

Analysis: A 1950 map foreshadows what Xi Jinping has in mind today

The Korean War and Battle of Lake Changjin hold lessons for U.S. and Chinese leaders

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

Global media outlets used terms like "punishment drills" and "punishment war games" to describe China's military exercises around Taiwan on May 23-24, echoing Chinese state news agency Xinhua's line: "The drills also serve as a strong punishment for the separatist acts of 'Taiwan independence' forces."

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