{"id":3069,"date":"2005-05-07T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2005-05-07T20:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/05\/07\/natalie-obiko-pearson-no-china-apology-for-anti-japan-protests\/"},"modified":"2005-05-07T13:09:34","modified_gmt":"2005-05-07T20:09:34","slug":"natalie-obiko-pearson-no-china-apology-for-anti-japan-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/05\/natalie-obiko-pearson-no-china-apology-for-anti-japan-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Obiko Pearson: No China Apology for Anti-Japan Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/story.chinanationalnews.com\/p.x\/ct\/9\/id\/c0b30a40d1932250\/cid\/4a8b544d0e80ba53\/\">Guardian Unlimited,<\/a> via China National News:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nChina&#8217;s foreign minister again refused to apologize to Tokyo on Saturday for anti-Japan protests last month that damaged Japanese diplomatic compounds and businesses, but the sides agreed to pursue talks on compensating Tokyo for the damages, a Japanese official said.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and his Japanese counterpart, Nobutaka Machimura, acknowledged there had been &#8220;some improvement&#8221; in rocky relations between the Asian giants, agreeing the region&#8217;s stability depended upon their mending ties, Japan&#8217;s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hatsuhisa Takashima told reporters.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite China&#8217;s refusal to apologize for the recent anti-Japanese protests, China and Japan are China &#8220;looking to move forward after bitter disputes.&#8221;  See <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;u=\/afp\/20050507\/wl_afp\/asemjapanchina_050507062320\">AFP, via Yahoo Asia News: &#8220;China, Japan looking to move forward after bitter disputes.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic interests are most likely the driving factor in the two nations attempt to mend relations.  See <a href=\"http:\/\/english.people.com.cn\/200505\/05\/eng20050505_183743.html\">People&#8217;s Daily: &#8220;Sino-Japanese economic co-op benefits both sides&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Guardian Unlimited, via China National News: China&#8217;s foreign minister again refused to apologize to Tokyo on Saturday for anti-Japan protests last month that damaged Japanese diplomatic compounds and businesses, but the sides agreed to pursue talks on compensating Tokyo for the damages, a Japanese official said. 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