China-Japan ties fail to improve despite politicians' visits 23/02 23:11:00

The strained relations between China and its neighbor Japan due mainly to the Yasukuni Shrine row see little sign of improvement despite a wave of recent visits by Japanese politicians.

China, Japan vow to continue dialogue through ruling party mechanism 22/02 23:26:24

Senior party officials from China and Japan called their first regular dialogue "frank" and "insightful" as they concluded a one-and-half-day meeting in Beijing Wednesday morning.

China urges Japan to take substantial steps to improve ties 21/02 21:21:24

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao has urged Japan to take substantial and sincere measures to improve China-Japan relations.

Senior CPC official meets Japanese ruling party delegation 22/02 00:09:19

Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met here Tuesday with a Japanese ruling alliance delegation.

China, Japan seek to repair soured ties  22/02 00:56:56

Senior officials from the ruling parties of China and Japan discussed a wide range of issues on Tuesday, aimed at repairing the ties soured by Japanese prime minister's repeated visits to a shrine worshipping WWII war criminals.

Ruling parties meet to discuss Sino-Japanese ties 21/02 08:15:30

Senior ruling party officials of both China and Japan met in Beijing on Monday afternoon, hoping to repair bilateral relations damaged by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, which honors war criminals.

Expert warns China, Japan of consequences of disagreement 21/02 10:30:24

A Chinese expert has called for China and Japan to prevent bilateral ties from deteriorating further in order to avoid harming both countries.

Japan's FM backtracks on call for emperor to visit Shrine 01/02 01:59:59

Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday backtracked on his earlier remark urging the country's emperor to visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, saying he was not suggesting the emperor should visit the site in this day and age.

Commentary

More Shrine visits -- a wrong path for Japan's LDP 21/01 02:04:18

The Chinese Government sent a task force organized by the Foreign Ministry to Karachi Thursday to help deal with the aftermath of three Chinese engineers' death in Pakistan.

Shrine visits sour Sino-Japanese ties 31/12 13:03:55

The year 2005 ends with deteriorating Sino-Japanese political relations due to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Unreasonable defense for war shrine visits  31/01 19:57:24

The Chinese Government sent a task force organized by the Foreign Ministry to Karachi Thursday to help deal with the aftermath of three Chinese engineers' death in Pakistan.

Koizumi's shrine visits sour Sino-Japanese relations 29/12 09:55:51

The Chinese Government sent a task force organized by the Foreign Ministry to Karachi Thursday to help deal with the aftermath of three Chinese engineers' death in Pakistan.