A test and opportunity for the China-Japan relationship will take place this year amid the 70th anniversary of the victory in the world's anti-fascist war, said Premier Li Keqiang.
China is "closely watching" Japan's policy agenda and stances this year related to history, according to a senior Chinese diplomat.
As the world prepares to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Japan finds itself at a crossroads: maintain a pacifist stance or revive militarism?
China urged Japan to "make the right choice" on history by facing up to its past aggression on Monday.
Japan lost the war against the allied forces 70 years ago, but it should not lose its conscience on the question of the war 70 years later. This is what Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a Japanese reporter on Sunday at a sideline news conference of the annual session of the National People's Congress.
China and Japan will renew their security talks and consultations on their ties and regional affairs this month. The talks have been stalled since the Japanese government illegally "nationalized" part of the Diaoyu Islands in 2012.
Japan "must not lose its conscience" when asked to face up to its wartime history and China welcomes leaders who are sincere about coming to the China-based commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islands have been an inherent part of Chinese territory and the Japanese demand to shut down the website is "unreasonable".
Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday China will host events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the world's war against fascism and the Chinese people's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
English-language and Japanese versions of a website were launched by China to demonstrate its sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.
China and Japan are poised to launch a formal mechanism to manage local maritime and aerial crises, a former Chinese defense official said Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lost credibility with the Chinese government and the Chinese people as well, a spokesman of the Chinese political advisory body said Sunday.
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