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Xi Jinping needs a victory heading into the next Chinese Communist Party congress, in 2027, and a handshake with Sanae Takaichi just might give it to him. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Ken Suzuki, Reuters and Getty Images)

A simple handshake could give Xi Jinping a 'complete success' ahead of party congress

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.