PROFILE: Harvard-educated new Foreign Minister Hayashi often seen as pro-China

Japan's newly appointed Harvard-educated foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, considered a potential candidate for future premier, is often seen as holding a "pro-China" stance by conservatives in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.The appointment of Hayashi, 60, who was picked in 2017 as head of a nonpartisan parliamentary group promoting Japan-China friendship, comes as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida named former Defense Minister Gen Nakatani as special adviser on human rights issues including those in China's Xinjiang region and Hong Kong.<READ FULL STORY HERE>The appointments apparently …READ FULL ARTICLE