China said on Saturday it hopes Japan can create a favorable atmosphere for an expected meeting between the two countries' leaders.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng will meet with their Japanese counterparts Fumio Kishida and Yoichi Miyazawa on the sidelines of the ongoing APEC Ministerial Meeting.
The two sides agree to resume political, diplomatic and security dialogue while acknowledging different positions on the Diaoyu Islands.
China began to renovate the former headquarters site of the notorious Japanese army unit 731 in the northeastern city of Harbin on Wednesday.
China will extend a hospitable welcome to all visiting APEC leaders amid global media speculation concerning whether the leaders of China and Japan will meet one-on-one.
China and Japan set up a foundation on Tuesday to aid Chinese victims of chemical bombs abandoned by Japanese troops during World War II.
China voiced severe concern over the Japanese government's denial of recruiting wartime "comfort women" on Wednesday, urging the country to seriously honor its commitments to reflect on its aggressive past.
Beijing expressed to Tokyo its "serious concerns and firm opposition" Friday after more than 100 Japanese lawmakers made a pilgrimage to the shrine that honors Class-A war criminals from World War II.
Japan's anxiety, suspicion and fear over China's rise will influence the future development of Sino-Japanese relations, according to scholars of Fudan University in Shanghai in a report released on Friday.
Premier Li Keqiang did not meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the Asia-Europe Meeting summit, a Chinese official said.
About 110 Japanese lawmakers from a nonpartisan group on Friday visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine as it kicks off a four-day autumn festival.
Ningbo, a port city in East China, has been selected by the public-private Cool Japan Fund as one of the four destinations for its first round of investment of roughly 60 billion yen ($547 million).
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