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.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang attend the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)
Xi advocates for a 'high-standard opening-up' but his regime is backsliding