Shinzo abe vs xi jinping biography

TOKYO – Chinese President Xi Jinping told the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he probably would not have joined the Communist Party if he had been born in the United States, but would have been a member of the Democratic or Republican parties.

“In other words, he didn’t see any point in a party that doesn’t wield political power,” Mr Abe is cited as saying in a memoir released in Japan on Wednesday, seven months after the former Japanese leader was fatally shot on the campaign trail.

The book, based on interviews with Japan’s longest-serving premier, relates details of his interactions with other global leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin – described as “surprisingly friendly” and fond of dark humour.

Former US president Donald Trump is portrayed as inclined to make long phone calls, mostly about golf.

Mr Abe stepped down in 2020 amid criticism of his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, blaming a recurrence of a chronic digestive problem.

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