The China-Japan-ROK Seminar was held in Beijing with the theme, “Communication for Win-win Cooperation”. Sponsored by the China Public Affairs Association, the semi-official seminar is considered a rehearsal for Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the ROK and to attend the China-Japan-ROK Summit.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended the 6th trilateral summit - China, Japan and the ROK in Seoul, South Korea, and proposed six initiatives.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Oct 31 paid an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) to meet ROK President Park Geun-hye and attend the sixth trilateral meeting - China, Japan and the ROK.
The first one-on-one talk between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye on Monday-the first Japan-ROK summit since May 2012-is expected to result in little of substance, but will have a large symbolic impact by signaling the start of reconciliation in East Asia, an Japanese observer said.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Seoul on Sunday, in the latest encouraging sign that the healing process of the once traumatized ties between their countries is taking hold.
Yang Houlan, a veteran Chinese diplomat who now chairs an organization that coordinates trilateral cooperation between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, has called for the acceleration of FTA negotiations in order to better boost economic integration in East Asia.
It may be the time for the three nations in this region to seriously consider what they should and could do to ameliorate the fate of humanity in the days ahead.
China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are set to hold a first trilateral leaders' meeting in three years, ending a period of diplomatic deadlock due to heightened regional tensions.
The trilateral talks scheduled to be held in Seoul on Nov 1 are a golden opportunity to break the deadlock in cooperation and promote interaction.
The return of the Chinese soldiers' remains shows the two countries have established strategic communications, and have made great efforts to resolve their historical feuds.
Japan has reached a tipping point on Abe’s ill-considered political choice, which has been criticized by many righteous people in Japan.
Only when Japan faces up to its past as Germany has will it be able to achieve reconciliation with those countries which suffered from its aggression and be able to look to the future with clear eyes.