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Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday urged Japan to properly treat its war time history with an eye to the future, and called for a halt to visits by Japanese leaders to a shrine honoring World War II criminals.
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China&#039;s president on Tuesday urged North Korea to refrain from increasing tensions over its nuclear program and to return to disarmament talks as diplomats worked to forestall U.N. sanctions against the regime.
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SANTIAGO, Chile-Chinese President Hu Jintao told Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that his repeated visits to Yasukuni Shrine are the biggest obstacles to improving Japan-China relations.
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Japan urged China to use its growing influence to make an impact on key global issues such as climate change during summit talks Friday that reflected the countries' warmer ties.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian used his National Day speech Sunday to call for peace talks with arch foe China and urge adoption of a system to prevent an outbreak of conflict in the narrow strait dividing them.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian used his  National Day speech Sunday to call for peace talks with arch  foe China and urge adoption of a system to prevent an outbreak  of conflict in the narrow strait dividing them.
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Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui visited a Tokyo war shrine Thursday to pay respects to his late brother, drawing a quick rebuke from China and complicating already delicate relations between Beijing and Tokyo.
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Taiwan&#39;s leader used his National Day speech today to urge China to begin peace talks so the two rivals can avoid war. Chinese and Taiwanese leaders haven&#39;t met since
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TOKYO - Japan and China should try to resolve their differences calmly, China&#39;s ambassador to Japan said Saturday, a day after Tokyo filed a protest with Beijing over the intrusion of a Chinese nuclear submarine.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is due in China, on a visit aimed at improving ties between the two countries.
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China lashed out at Japan yesterday for allowing former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit the country despite threats from Beijing that it could damage ties between the Asian rivals.
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China urged the United States on  Thursday not to allow Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian to set  foot on U.S. soil, describing his stopovers en route to Latin  America as a trick to sabotage Sino-U.S. relations.
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President Hu Jintao of China publicly urged Hong Kong&#39;s leader today to improve his management of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory, a comment widely seen as a rebuke.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's leader called for peace talks and other "concrete actions" to reduce tensions with rival China during a National Day speech on Sunday that was far more conciliatory than in years past.    President Chen Shui-bian avoided language and issues that have raised tensions in the past during the speech, and even extended Taiwan's best wishes as China prepares for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought on  Sunday to contain fallout from his remarks about women forced  to act as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers as the furor  threatened to cloud summits with Chinese and U.S. leaders.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi  reiterated on Wednesday that he wanted at some point to visit  Iraq, where Japanese troops are engaged in reconstruction work.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is considering announcing an end to Japan&#039;s military mission in Iraq ahead of his meeting with US President George W. Bush later this month, the foreign minister said.