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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Former Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, left, former President Hu Jintao and President Xi Jinping have all served as president of the Central Party School and guided the same protege. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kyodo, Mizuho Miyazaki, Akira Kodaka, Yusuke Hinata)
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