【#1093】Don’t Be Fooled by U.S.-China Superficial Fence-Mending
Yasushi Tomiyama ー
Amid the worst U.S.-China relations since their normalization in 1979, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at their meeting in a San Francisco suburb on November 15 agreed to resume high-level military-to-military talks to avoid accidental clashes, easing bilateral tensions for the immediate future.
【#1092】Japan Needs Countermeasures to Resolve Outstanding Issues with China
Takashi Arimoto ー
At their first meeting in a year, the top Japanese and Chinese leaders, though reaffirming the comprehensive promotion of a “mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests,” failed to resolve key outstanding issues such as China’s detention of Japanese nationals, Chinese buoys in Japan’s