Japanese media stretch a point

The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris last month was described by a Japanese media outlet as China cozying up to Japan.

Xi only met Abe for roughly four minutes, during which they remained standing. By playing up what was normal diplomatic etiquette, Nikkei Asian Review could mislead the public with its excessive interpretation.

Such self-righteousness or narcissism is not rare for some Japanese media outlets in their guesswork about bilateral high-level meetings in recent years.