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's personality cult is weakening, something the country's military brass appears determined to highlight. (Source photos by Yusuke Hinata and CCTV)
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