Home>News Center>China
       
 

China, Japan mend fences, pitfalls ahead
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-25 08:53

The leaders of China and Japan pulled their relations back from the brink at a weekend meeting, but analysts said bitter memories of Japan's wartime history and rivalry for influence will keep ties fragile.

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appear to have papered over their countries' worst row in three decades during talks in Jakarta Saturday, a day after Koizumi made an unusually public apology for Japan's past atrocities in Asia, Reuters reported

China, Japan mend fences, pitfalls ahead
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao shake hands before the start of their meeting at the conclusion of the Asian-Africa leaders summit in Jakarta, April 23, 2005. The ice-breaking talks took place a day after Koizumi apologized for Japan's past atrocities in Asia. [AP]

"The leaders' summit went well, in that they were able to hold it. They avoided the worst-case scenario," said Kiyoshi Takai, a professor at Hokkaido University in northern Japan.

China: Match Words with Action

"But China is saying 'match words with action' and that means the discussions will again return to the Yasukuni issue. So what Prime Minister Koizumi decides about that is the key," he said, referring to the controversial war cemetery shrine in Tokyo.

Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper in an editorial added: "What seems to have happened is that a Band-Aid was applied to the wound to stop the bleeding. But the injury itself has not been treated at all. The risks are high that the wound will worsen and that it will open up again at some point."

During their one-hour meeting, held at the end of a gathering of Asian and African leaders in Jakarta, Hu told Koizumi that remorse expressed for Japan's wartime past should be translated into action. The Chinese leader said Japan should "never do anything again that would hurt the feelings of the Chinese people."

Hu also urged Japan not to support formal independence for Taiwan, which is part of China but remained split following the Chinese civil war in 1945-49.

Koizumi told a news conference that he and Hu agreed to make efforts to develop the bilateral friendship instead of aggravating antagonistic feelings. But he did not say if he would stop visiting the shrine which has been the source of much of the friction between the two Asian giants

Relations with China chilled markedly after Koizumi took office in 2001 and began annual visits to the shrine. He has not been invited to Beijing yet.
The Tie That Binds

Ties between the two plunged to their worst since relations were normalized in 1972 after three weekends of anti-Japanese protests across China, putting at risk economic links worth more than $200 billion in annual trade, including via Hong Kong and Macao.

The demonstrations were sparked by new Japanese school history textbooks that critics say sugarcoat Japan's wartime history and over other irritants, including Tokyo's campaign for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.

The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of China's Communist Party, said Sunday it was understandable for students and the masses to want to express their emotions after Japanese right-wing forces had hurt their feelings.

But the newspaper added: "Patriotism requires strong emotions but even more, it requires reason. When expressing righteous indignation, the law should not be exceeded."

China launched a campaign to cool down tempers one day before Koizumi apologized.
Chinese police issued a strong warning on Thursday that those who took part in unauthorized protests would be punished and that it was illegal to use cell phone text messages or Internet bulletin boards to organize demonstrations without approval.

China also sent veteran diplomats to give lectures on the benefits as well as the history of Sino-Japanese ties to government officials and university students, who were urged to focus on their studies.

Asked about Chinese government comments that action was more important than words, Koizumi, speaking in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province Saturday, said: "In the last 60 years, we have became an economic superpower and not a military state. (We are now a) peaceful nation reflecting on the experience of the war."



Fire kills 5 in Northeast China
Aerobatics show in Hunan
Final rehearsal
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Australia, US, Japan praise China for Asia engagement

 

   
 

Banker: China doing its best on flexible yuan

 

   
 

Hopes high for oil pipeline deal

 

   
 

Possibilities of bird flu outbreaks reduced

 

   
 

Milosevic buried after emotional farewell

 

   
 

China considers trade contracts in India

 

   
  EU likely to impose tax on imports of Chinese shoes
   
  Bankers confident about future growth
   
  Curtain to be raised on Year of Russia
   
  Coal output set to reach record high of 2.5b tons
   
  WTO: China should reconsider currency plan
   
  China: Military buildup 'transparent'
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
China's education system not to blame for anti-Japan fervor
   
Japan's apology breaks no new ground
   
Koizumi voices apology for Japan's wartime record
   
Trade policy toward Japan unchanged
   
Japan lawmakers' shrine visit slammed
   
Leaders of China and Japan hold reconciliation talks
   
China initiates five proposals on ties with Japan
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久精品视频2| 免费在线黄色网| 67194在线午夜亚洲| 永久看一二三四线| 啊轻点灬大巴太粗太长了视频| 黄网站色视频免费看无下截| 国产精品免费观看视频播放| 99久久无码一区人妻| 女人张开腿让男人桶视频 | 小雪把双腿打开给老杨看免费阅读| 久久99精品国产麻豆宅宅| 日韩在线一区视频| 亚洲AV无码一区二区三区人| 欧美性xxxx极品高清| 亚洲欧美激情精品一区二区| 狠狠做深爱婷婷久久综合一区| 国产成人免费片在线视频观看| japanese国产在线看| 成人午夜福利视频| 中文精品无码中文字幕无码专区| 日本特黄在线观看免费| 久久精品中文字幕第一页| 最新国产三级在线不卡视频| 亚洲另类第一页| 欧美性理论片在线观看片免费| 亚洲欧洲第一页| 欧美激情一区二区三区免费观看| 国产3344视频在线观看| 阿娇囗交全套高清视频| 国产国语在线播放视频| 黑人xxxx日本| 国产大尺度吃奶无遮无挡| 黄毛片一级毛片| 国产大秀视频一区二区三区| 4虎永免费最新永久免费地址| 国产日产在线观看| 国产资源在线看| 国产欧美va欧美va香蕉在线| 亚洲激情小视频| 国产猛男猛女超爽免费视频| 亚洲国产成人va在线观看|