Government adviser says Beijing needs to be on the right side of history

Xi Jinping is running out of time to make a decision that would abandon Vladimir Putin and put him on better terms with Joe Biden. (Nikkei montage/Reuters/Getty Images)

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer 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.