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Article: Off Balance; Can Japan lead Asia while at political odds with Beijing?
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- June 6, 2005
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Byline: Christian Caryl (With Hideko Takayama in Tokyo)
Japan and China just can't seem to kiss and make up. When Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Wu Yi arrived in Tokyo on May 17, the visit was billed as part of a new move toward reconciliation after recent feuding between Asia's two biggest economies. Needless to say, it didn't work out as the optimists had hoped. Shortly before a scheduled meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Wu suddenly announced that she was heading back to Beijing--an unprecedented affront. The Chinese blamed the mess on Koizumi, who, the day before Wu arrived, suggested that he might yet again visit Yasukuni Shrine--the ...