Abe loses credibility with China: spokesman

Lyu Xinhua, spokesman for the second session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) picks questions from the press in Beijing March 2, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lost credibility with the Chinese government, a spokesman of the Chinese political advisory body said Sunday.

Calling Abe a "troublemaker" who is "playing a double game", Lyu Xinhua, spokesman for the second session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), told a press conference that Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine has seriously undermined the political foundation for Sino-Japanese relations.

"He has lost his credibility with the Chinese government and the Chinese people," he said.