Mending Sino-Japanese Relations
Lars Vargö
The meeting between Xi Jinping and Abe Shinzô on the sidelines of the APEC Summit—the first between the two leaders—represents a tentative step forward for Sino-Japanese relations. In spite of this, Lars Vargö cautions against seeing any substantive improvement in bilateral ties. Yet, as the second and third largest economies in the world, such a situation benefits neither country.
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