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Xi Jinping and Joe Biden found novel diplomatic channels to send each other messages on April 10. Xi used a former Taiwanese president to carry his words, while Biden spoke up by hosting the leaders of Japan and the Philippines. (Source photos by Getty Images and Xinhua/Kyodo)
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KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer | China

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.

Nearly nine years from their historic summit in 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping and former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou shook hands in Beijing last week.

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