Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Tuesday urged Japan to learn from history and adhere to peaceful development path.
Eighty-two years after Japan's invasion of China and one year since Japanese government's "purchase" of China's Diaoyu Islands, bilateral relations mired in history have witnessed the cooling down of economic exchanges, despite remaining hopes among business people.
A Chinese student in Japan was praised by police after he saved a drowning child in a river near Osaka, www.chinanews.com reported.
China on Friday urged Japan to stop making excuses for boosting its military capacity after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his eagerness to advance national debate on lifting a self-imposed ban on collective self-defense.
The days of countries riding roughshod over China have long gone as seen by China's firm resolve and ability to defend its territorial sovereignty, said an article in the People's Daily.
Barring a change of mind on the part of the Japanese government, the territorial issue surrounding China's Diaoyu Islands seems unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.
Beijing vowed "zero tolerance" for any escalation by Japan that infringes on China's territorial sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands in the E.China Sea.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed "grave concern" over Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's remarks on the Diaoyu Islands, stressing that China will not tolerate actions that violate its territorial sovereignty.
A Chinese fleet patrolled the waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands on Tuesday, marking the country's 59th Diaoyu Islands patrol in the past year, the State Oceanic Administration said.
A year on from Japan's announcement of its plans to "nationalize" China's Diaoyu Islands, political and economic ties between the two countries have weakened, and they will remain weak if Japan continues its stance.
Spring Airlines is looking to replicate its successful business model by setting up an aviation company in Japan, sources said.
Because of the Diaoyu Islands dispute, China-Japan relations have become more complicated and could have a serious impact on security in East Asia.
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