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AgoraVox (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... - signalled a willingness to move away from the backward-looking attitudes of his predecessor Jiang Zemin, who in 1998 lectured his hosts about Japan's war guilt. The friendly and positive body-language aside, however, what does the "warm spring" reveal about the current state of this pivotal relationship?The politics of symbolism is one route to an answer. This is an area with the...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
President Hu Jintao's visit to Japan last week was the first by a Chinese leader in a decade. It was a lot friendlier than the previous one - when President Jiang Zemin publicly chastised his hosts for not showing sufficient contrition over Japan's brutal occupation of China in the 1930s and 1940s.
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China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
President Hu Jintao’s visit to Japan this week was the first by a Chinese leader in a decade. It was a lot friendlier than the previous one — when President Jiang Zemin publicly chastised his hosts for not showing sufficient contrition over Japan's brutal occupation of China in 1930s and 1940s. Unlike some of his recent predecessors, Japan's prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, has made an effort...
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... aggression in China, a stark contrast to the harsh rebukes over history delivered by predecessor Jiang Zemin during the last state visit by a Chinese leader a decade ago.Eager to court a Japanese public suspicious of China's rising clout, Hu also offered to lend two pandas to a Tokyo zoo and showed off his ping-pong prowess, but not everyone was impressed."The president came and said...
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World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Quote: Hu's coming to dinner As the the Chinese president visits Japan this week, observers wait to see whether the two countries can overcome their traditional enmity Wenran Jiang May 8, 2008 8:00 AM | Printable version Hu Jintao, the Chinese president will make a high-profile visit to Japan from May 6-10, making him the second Chinese head of state ever to travel there. The trip is being carefully...
