Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday used a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to criticize Japan’s wartime past, in the latest apparent effort by a Chinese official to contrast the way the two former Axis powers treat the history of World War II.
Standing beside Ms. Merkel at a news conference in Beijing as part of aregular visit to discuss political and economic ties, the premier recalled that Monday marks the 77th anniversary of an attack by Japanese forces against Chinese troops that marked the beginning of a bloody eight-year conflict. “The future can be inaugurated and peace can be maintained only if lessons from history are kept in mind,” Mr. Li said, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.
Ms. Merkel didn’t comment, reports said. A spokesman for Germany’s Embassy in Beijing couldn’t immediately be reached.
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James T. Areddy, The Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1jZCB9N
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