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.
A photo of the late Li Keqiang takes its place among bouquets of flowers near the residence where Li grew up in Hefei, Anhui Province, on Oct. 28. Li's death and the rivalry he had with Xi Jinping are hatching conspiracy theories. © Kyodo
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