World / Sensitive issues

Joint efforts 'crucial for key summit'

[2015-10-15 07:11]

State Councilor Yang Jiechi asked Japan to implement the four-point consensus on handling and improving Sino-Japanese relations.

China refutes Japan's accusation of gas exploration in E. China Sea

[2015-09-18 09:28]

China on Thursday rejected protests by Japan over the development of gas fields, which Japan said, were in a disputed part of the East China Sea, saying its work was in undisputed waters under China's jurisdiction.

China can easily avoid 'Japan syndrome'

[2015-09-14 13:36]

The main advantage why China will not experience the 'Japan syndrome' is its large population and an even larger territory, says expert.

Thousands protest against Japanese gov't-backed security bills

[2015-09-14 23:09]

Some 45,000 Japanese protestors rallied in front of the country's parliament building in downtown Tokyo, trying to stop a possible passage of the controversial legislation.

Abe won't attend China's commemorative celebration

[2015-08-25 07:44]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend September events in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Tokyo government's top spokesman - and Abe himself - said on Monday.

Beijing dismisses reports of Abe's China visit in September

[2015-08-19 10:31]

In a statement to China Daily, Foreign Ministry dismisses claims that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit China next month.

The beginning of the end

[2015-08-19 09:46]

The victory in Tengchong, Yunnan province, was anything but easy. Chinese and Japanese armies engaged more than 40 times in 127 days.

Abe's words ring hollow, expose his mask

[2015-08-19 07:31]

Let us hope, therefore, that traditional caution and the simple human sense of self-preservation may yet reassert itself in both Tokyo and Washington.

Abe visit possible, media report

[2015-08-19 07:31]

Some officials in Tokyo deny that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will start China visit on Sept 3, the day Beijing holds military parade.

Abe shies away from direct apology

[2015-08-15 07:33]

China is urging Japan to repent in concrete terms after Shinzo Abe downplays his country's aggression in long-awaited WWII statement.

Abe's words uttered with deep ambiguity

[2015-08-15 07:25]

After flying his kite for months, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a statement about Japanese aggression in World War II with phrases that had rarely appeared in his narratives of his country's war history.

Absence of direct 'apology' reveals Abe's lip service

[2015-08-15 07:01]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had the opportunity to continue along the same path as his predecessor, Tomiichi Murayama, and apologize for Japan's past aggression.