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 Premier Li Qiang at a recent international gathering stirred up concerns that President Xi Jinping will have to address this week at a big economic planning meeting. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yusuke Hinata, Mizuho Miyazaki, and Kyodo)
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