Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer 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.
After disappearing from the public eye half a year ago, Chinese diplomat Cui Tiankai made a sudden appearance last month in Beijing, delivering what would become a widely talked about keynote speech.