Daily Memo: Japan’s Breakthrough, China’s Corruption Charges

A former senior anti-graft inspector in Beijing was charged with taking millions in bribes.

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Japanese-Taiwanese talks. Officials from Japan’s and Taiwan’s respective ruling parties held long-awaited security talks on Friday, a major if still mostly symbolic breakthrough in Japan’s emergence as a factor in Taiwan’s defense. We were watching closely for signs that the talks touched on areas of tangible bilateral military cooperation. However, they reportedly focused primarily on […]

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