China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with visiting Japan's New Komeito party leader Akihiro Ota at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing January 8, 2007. Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday said exchanges between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the major political parties of Japan, including the New Komeito party, the minority member of Japan's coalition government, are extremely important.[newsphoto]

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