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.
The People's Liberation Army, whose commander-in-chief is Xi Jinping, celebrated the 98th anniversary of its founding earlier this month, but only 10 or so active-duty generals and admirals attended a reception marking the occasion. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yusuke Hinata and screenshot from CCTV)
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