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Friday, February 22, 2008

News : Warmth, and a warning, in Chinese leader's visit to Japan

TOKYO: In a rare address to the Japanese Parliament by a Chinese leader, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China pledged friendship with Japan on Thursday but also cautioned that Tokyo must match its past apologies for its wartime aggression with concrete actions.

Wen said that his three-day visit to Japan was meant to "melt the ice" in the relations between the two countries, which have locked horns in recent years over the development of natural resources, leadership in East Asia and the history of Japanese militarism in China.

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