Leaders seek to improve China-Japan dialogue

China and Japan should boost dialogue and contact to "properly tackle the East China Sea issue" and jointly ensure peace and stability there, President Xi Jinping told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday.

When the two met after the conclusion of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Monday evening, Xi noted that the two-way ties are "disturbed by complicated factors from time to time".

Also, Xi said, "Japan should be cautious in words and actions with regard to the South China Sea issue and avoid posing a disturbance to the improvement of China-Japan ties."