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December 20, 2012

How Beijing Sees Return of Shinzo Abe

Michael Auslin, China Power

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An Xinhua editorial that also appearedin the U.S. edition of the China Daily asserts that the impending premiership of Japan’s Shinzo Abe would “destabilize” East Asia. Yet the piece in reality makes a case for why Abe’s next term in office would be a good thing.

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