President Hu´s Japan visit to be one in "warm spring"

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President Hu´s Japan visit to be one in "warm spring"
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Source: CCTV.com | 05-05-2008 08:05
Chinese President Hu Jintao says his upcoming state visit to Japan will have the atmosphere of a "warm spring". Hu Jintao made the remarks during an interview with journalists from 16 Japanese media organizations stationed in the Chinese capital. He also spoke about the Tibet issue and the Olympics.

The ice has already been broken. It's time to warm things up.

Hu Jintao said he has high expectations of the upcoming trip to Japan, which will be the first state visit by a Chinese head of state in a decade.

During the interview with Japanese media, Hu Jintao extended his best wishes to the Japanese people, and hoped to "meet old friends, make new friends".

His visit is the latest effort by the two countries to enhance ties.

Hu Jintao said "China and Japan are close neighbors. The two countries have a 2000 year long history of exchanges. Friendship between the two countries has gained wide support from people on both sides. This is a solid foundation for further development of bilateral ties."

Hu Jintao said the promotion of bilateral ties not only depends on politics, but also exchanges between the Chinese and the Japanese people, particularly the young.

Hu Jintao said "The most efficient way to improve bilateral ties is to keep enhancing exchanges between young people, so that they can have better understanding of each other and deepen their friendships."

On the Tibet issue, Hu Jintao confirmed that central government officials is scheduled to meet with private representatives of the Dalai Lama on Sunday.

Hu Jintao said he hopes contacts between the central government and Dalai Lama will yield positive results.

He added that judgments should be based on a person's deeds, not just on his words.

Hu Jintao also told the Japanese media he is confident that China will provide the world with a successful Olympics, and it will welcome people from all around the world during the Games.




Editor:Xiong Qu

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[4485lolo]

It's about time that Japan and China put their differences aside and move on..and to the right-wing japs...screw you..you ppl always screw up peace and friendship

[DarkprinX2500]

JAPANESE CHINESE ALLIANCE

japan stop being slaves to the imperialist USA..

RED CHINA FOREVER!!!

[4485lolo]

It's hard to forget past horrors...I still can't forget and I'll never will about what happened to my family in Nanjing in 1937 ..but one should not use the past as a way to kill the future..remember it..learn from it to avoid it repeating it in the future..

I love your last sentence: you should be a writer

[crazy4pancake]

I am guessing that not mentioning anything about the war legacy b/w China and japan can act like a double-edged sword. on one hand, it does show a great sign of China's capacitance for the past adversaries. the chinese won't settle if the japanese people continue to deny the war history. the right wings are not mainstream anyway. but what i can say right now is that China and japan definitely has a lot more common interests in cooperating in regional affairs than playing ping-pong with history

[Archid3005]

this is for sure that Japs gov won`t talk seriousely abt Tibet or humanrights issue,Zero expect,Japs just for trade as they little land`s food is running out