Japanese vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai met with his Chinese counterpart Zhang Zhijun in Beijing today, as tensions over the small uninhabited islands in the East China Sea continued to rise.
After four hours of discussion, neither Japan nor China appears to have changed its stance on the disputed Diaoyu or Senkaku Islands.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Le i told reporters after the meeting that Zhang told Kawai that China will not tolerate any violations of its sovereignty.
The Japanese Vice Foreign Minister said he had a good talk with his counterpart. He did not elaborate on the content, only saying, quote, "we talked well (about) China-Japan relations."
Sino-Japanese relations deteriorated sharply this month after Japan bought the Senkaku Islands from their private Japanese owners. This sparked wide-spread anti-Japanese protests across China, which turned violent in several places.
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