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China welcomes Japanese business, Beijing’s envoy Wu Jianghao says, trying to ease fears
- Trade and investment growth between the two countries has slowed amid a series of economic and security concerns
- Tokyo must share some responsibility for ensuring the stability of the relationship, Wu says
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Beijing’s top envoy to Tokyo has sought to allay growth and security concerns about China in the Japanese business community, saying the two sides should explore opportunities in emerging industries.
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But Chinese ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao also warned that even though Tokyo had an alliance with Washington, it had a responsibility to maintain stable ties with Beijing.
“Japan and the United States have an alliance, and China and Japan also have signed a treaty of peace and friendship, and these are both legal documents approved by the legislatures of both countries, and both sides have the obligation to fulfil it,” Wu told Japanese business magazine Zaikai for an article to be published on March 13.
Asked about the effects of the coming US presidential election on the global economy, Wu said the world should not be shaped by “the internal affairs” of a single country and that China and Japan should work together to maintain the stability of bilateral relationship.
A Chinese transcript of Wu’s comments was published on the Chinese embassy’s website on Friday.
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The interview comes as the relationship between China and Japan is dogged by a series of disputes – from long-standing territorial differences over the East China Sea to more recent flare-ups over waste water discharges from the Fukushima nuclear power plant and China’s ban on Japanese seafood exports.
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