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.
Taiwan's presidential election came up during talks between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in California on Nov. 15. In the background from left: Ko Wen-je, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou and Hou Yu-ih. Ko and Hou are presidential candidates. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP, Reuters, and Yusuke Hinata)
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