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 President Xi Jinping, who needs to demonstrate he is closing in on Taiwan unification if he is to be assured of a fourth term, is preparing to turn up the heat on the democratic island's next leader. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Xinhua/Kyodo and Hiroki Endo)
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