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.
Xi Jinping, who became president in 2013 and went on to quickly consolidate power, might be relinquishing some of his sway in the name of bolstering China's economy. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Kyodo)
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