Japan’s Secrets Bill Turns Journalists Into Terrorists

Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Shinzo Abe owes Xi Jinping a debt ofgratitude.

The buzz in Japanese cyberspace is that Chinese PresidentXi is wagging the dog by declaring a controversial “air-defenseidentification zone” across the East China Sea. The move hasdrastically ramped up tensions with Japan and the U.S., both ofwhich have blatantly disregarded Beijing’s unilateral edict.According to one prevailing theory, Xi is whipping up aninternational storm to change the subject domestically away fromincome inequality, official corruption and China’s blackeningskies.