2016年CRI Chinese Premier suggests gradually resuming dialogue with Japan

 

Premier¹ Li Keqiang, meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of this year's summit in Ulan Bator, says communication between China and Japan could be gradually increased, as long as it's done in the spirit of equality and mutual² respect.

"I hope Japan can work together with China for a steady improvement of bilateral³ relations with the spirit of learning from history."

In making the suggestion, the Premier says although bilateral ties have been improving, the pace is still slow and often disrupted by complications.

For his part, Shinzo Abe has also expressed a willingness to expand exchanges and cooperation with China.

"Currently Japanese-Chinese relations are having some difficulties, but we need to face these problems with a proactive attitude and cooperate with each other, especially with the situation the world economy is facing. With increasing risks caused by Brexit, we should strengthen our cooperation to avoid a world economic slowdown."

While both leaders have expressed a willingness to forge better ties, issues - including the South China Sea - remain a stumbling block.

Meeting with Shinzo Abe, Premier Li Keqiang has told his Japanese counterpart to stop hyping up and interfering⁴ in the South China Sea, noting that Japan is not a claimant in the disputes.

Lu Kang with the Chinese Foreign Ministry⁵ notes any claims Japan had in the South China Sea were seeded to China after the war.

"We hope Japan would comply with these international rules and norms and would not concoct⁶ its own imagined rules or norms. Japan should know better about its own history in the South China Sea. After being defeated and surrendering in World War II, Japan returned the Chinese territories it had occupied and these territories include the South China Sea islands. The return of South China Sea islands is part and parcel of the post-war international order. "

The Chinese government has declared the rulings null and void, and says comments from Japan on this issue are disturbing stability in the South China Sea.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

3 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

4 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 concoct   

v.调合，制造

参考例句：

• I gave her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup.我教她配制一种新汤的诀窍。
• I began to concoct explanations of my own.我开始思考自己的解释。