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China-Japan Relations

China urges Japan's sincerity for pragmatic talks

China responded to Japan's call to set up a maritime communication mechanism by asking the country to show sincerity and hold pragmatic talks with China on related issues.

Japan's nuclear material under IAEA's safeguard

The UN nuclear watchdog has no guideline for nuclear material supply-demand balance, and all the nuclear material is under the agency's safeguard, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

Abe 'shut the door': CPPCC spokesman

Sino-Japanese dialogue will be possible only after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ends words and deeds that jeopardize bilateral relations.

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Abe loses credibility with China: spokesman

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine has seriously undermined the political foundation for Sino-Japanese relations, a spokesman of the Chinese political advisory body says.

Exchanges

Forum urges stable relations for China, Japan

A stable China-Japan relationship is in the interests of the two countries, Asia and the world, participants in the Beijing-Tokyo Forum agreed on Sunday.

Geography

China and Japan are geographically separated by the East China Sea. China has strongly influenced Japan with its language,architecture, culture, religion, philosophy, and law.

History

September 18, 1931 
Japanese troops provocatively destroyed a section of railway in north Shenyang and attacked the Chinese garrison at Beidaying, Shenyang, on the same night, this led to the "September 18th incident."

September 19, 1931 
In the morning, the Japanese army occupied Shenyang. Because the Kuomintang government ordered "nonresistance," the Japanese forces occupied major cities and towns in Liaoning province in few days.

September 23, 1931 
Chiang Kai-shek gave a speech in which he went so far as to order the army and the people to "take the rough with the smooth and wait for the judgment of the League of Nations."

Nanjing Massacre

The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45)

Major issues in China-Japan relations over the past 40 years

Treaties

The Sino-Japanese Joint Statement on Sept 29, 1972 established diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and Japan.

Sino-Japanese Joint Statement (Sept 29, 1972)

Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship (April 12, 1978)

China-Japan Joint Statement on All-round Promotion of Strategic Relationship of Mutual Benefit

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