Little Chance of Better China-Japan Ties Now, Global Times Says
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There is almost “no possibility” that China and Japan will restore ties to the level they were before an island dispute so long as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remains in power, the Global Times newspaper said.
China should aim to force the Abe government to negotiate over islands in the East China Sea claimed by both sides, the paper said in an editorial. Doing so would be a strategic victory though it could create the risk of war, the state-run newspaper said.