Chinese President Xi Jinping is keeping an eye on how his close ally handles the lockdown in Shanghai and its effects on the economy. (Nikkei montage/Reuters/AP)

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KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer

March 31, 2022 04:00 JST

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.