Chinese premier urges Japan to confront its history

Justin McCurry in Tokyo
guardian.co.uk,
Thursday April 12 2007 12:41 BST

Dressed in a Beijing 2008 Olympic tracksuit, the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, performs tai chi in a Tokyo park. Photograph: Kyodo News/AP

The Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, today assured Japanese MPs that their countries’ friendship was “unshakeable” but warned them that the scars of history would not heal [...]

Warmth, and a warning, in Chinese leader’s visit to Japan

By Norimitsu Onishi    
Thursday, April 12, 2007

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 [...]