Posted on 11/09/2014 10:27:35 PM PST by BenLurkin
The meeting between Abe and Xi, which took place in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, came three days after the two countries agreed to work on improving ties and signaled willingness to put their rival claims over disputed islands on the back burner. They met on the sidelines of a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders, Japan's foreign ministry said.
Rebuilding trust between the long-time rivals will not be easy. In signs that fundamental problems would not be resolved easily, Abe has previously said that there had been no change in Japan's stance on the isles at the heart of the territorial dispute, while China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, urged Japan to properly address sensitive issues like history and the islands.
Abe, who has not met Xi except to shake hands since taking office in December 2012, has been calling for a one-on-one meeting at the Nov. 10-11 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
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Credit: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Someone told them Obama would be attending.
“Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation”
Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere.
Why, this is supposed to be a happy occasion: Japanese and Chinese together, not lopping one another’s heads off!
Nanking, yeah yeah, that. Mistakes were made. So sorry.
Let’s not bicker and argue over who invaded who and committed more war crimes and acts more like a reptile with a rudimentary brain stem, hmmmm?
Yikes!
The Japanese have been to proud to apologize for Nanking and other WWII atrocities. Germany went out of its way to reject Nazism after WWII, but the Japanese haven’t done much to convince the Chinese that they’re sorry. Or, at least that’s what the few Chinese I’ve spoken to tell me.
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