In purging the retired Huang Qifan, who remains influential in economic matters, Xi Jinping has moved to silence other elders who might start talking about China's struggling economy. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images) Setting his sights on a fourth term, Xi warns retired economic officials to stay mum 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 and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.