A panel of Chinese and Japanese experts at Sunday's Beijing-Tokyo Forum characterized their own country in the years ahead in remarkably similar terms: democratic, peaceful and prosperous.
Policy researchers and veteran officials from China and Japan agreed at a security panel discussion that it is time to put an end to trading barbs and to agree on formulating a code of conduct between the countries' defense authorities.
Media professionals in China and Japan were called upon to provide a more balanced and objective view of each other's country to help prevent Sino-Japanese relations from deteriorating.
Fosun International, an investment group headquartered in Shanghai, is seeking investment opportunities in Japan's financial institutions, company CEO Liang Xinjun said on Sunday at a forum on bilateral ties between Beijing and Tokyo.
The woes in Sino-Japanese relations will, first of all, severely damage their interests while having a negative influence on the whole world.
The world will be a cleaner and greener place if developed countries such as the US help developing nations cut carbon dioxide emissions
The United States' abandonment of its "restarted" Russia policies and return to a policy of containment in the Ukraine crisis is not because of simple opportunism, it is based on its understanding of Russian diplomatic culture and the country's international position. It is such factors that have determined the major differences between the US policies toward Russia and China.
Some entrenched critics of China's policy in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have put forward a far-fetched analogy between Ilham Tohti, a Uygur teacher who was sentenced to life imprisonment for separatism on Tuesday, and Nelson Mandela. This displays not only a dangerous ignorance of history, but also a challenge to Mandela's spirit and China's determination to keep its 56 ethnic groups united.
Its peak point might be gone, but during the past months the Islamic State group has already plundered almost half of Iraq's territory and challenged several neighboring countries.
Beijing confirmed on Thursday that China and the United States are making progress on two trust-building mechanisms for their militaries ahead of the two defense authorities starting their 15th round of talks in October.
The People's Liberation Army navy marked the second anniversary of the commissioning of the aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning on Thursday, but experts said more time is needed to hone its combat readiness.
China will continue to reinforce its efforts to improve living and working conditions for 28 ethnic groups that have populations of less than 300,000 each, the deputy director of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission said on Thursday.
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