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.
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Who does Chinese President Xi Jinping trust the most? A pattern is emerging. (Nikkei montage/Kyodo/Reuters)
Leader turns to decades-long subordinates but Zhejiang faction misses out on promotion