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 and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
By giving Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin equal billing on the rostrum overlooking a military parade on Sept. 3, Xi Jinping elevated the North Korean leader's global diplomatic standing. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and TASS/Kyodo)
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