A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday urged Japan to return to negotiating with China, as a recent report indicated that Japan is looking at improving bilateral ties that have been soured by a territorial dispute.
China's assistant foreign minister on Friday warned that continuous erroneous practices by Japan will see the relationship between it and China sink like the Titanic.
Japanese companies are absent from the fourth session of the China International Animation Copyright Fair in Dongguan, Guangdong province.
China asked Japan to immediately stop all acts that harm China's territorial sovereignty after some Japanese landed on the Diaoyu Islands. Islands 'purchase' hurts major sectors Taiwan ship enters Diaoyu Islands waters
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said next week's 40th anniversary of normalization of China-Japan diplomatic ties have been ruined by Japan's erroneous action of illegally buying the Diaoyu Islands.
China's National Tourism Administration said Friday that it has canceled a plan to attend an international travel fair held in Japan.
The Japanese government's bid to "nationalize" the Diaoyu Islands had broken its consensus with China
China on Thursday urged Japan to return to the path of dialogue and negotiation to solve territorial issues as Tokyo planned to send a special envoy to China.
A collection of video material about the Nanjing Massacre is progressing and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The ratings of major Japanese automakers and technology companies may come under pressure if the dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands escalates and is prolonged, Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday.
Japan's consumer-facing industries have reported sluggish growth in China over the past two years, with the islands dispatch compounding the situation.
Newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to China Shinichi Nishimiya died Sunday morning in Tokyo. Nishimiya falls unconscious on Tokyo street
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