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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery

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To: RealMuLan who wrote (2334)1/1/2004 3:52:40 PM
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China summons top Japanese diplomat over Koizumi shrine visit
China has summoned the Japanese acting charge d'affaires, warning him that ties could be hurt over a visit earlier in the day by Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a controversial war shrine.

Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi received Harada Shikahito to express China's "solemn representations" over Koizumi's visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, the Xinhua news agency reported.

"The visit not only goes against Koizumi's own promise to exercise introspection when dealing with the history of aggression," Mr Wang said, according to the agency.

"It also further undermines the political basis of Sino-Japanese ties."

The Yasukuni Shrine is dedicated to lives lost in Japanese military campaigns, including 14 war criminals convicted after World War II.

Mr Wang said the visit, taking place "regardless of the opposition of the peoples of China and Asia," had triggered China's "righteous indignation," according to Xinhua.

"We strongly condemn this behavior, which has hurt the feelings of the people of a war-ravaged country," he said.

He said the Chinese people could "absolutely not accept" the Japanese premier's behavior, calling it a "betrayal of good faith".

abc.net.au
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