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.
Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping during the closing ceremony of the 18th National Congress in November 2012. Xi, who cast Hu aside that day, is now echoing his predecessor's words. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)
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