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| | Japan foresees an anti-China backlash |
 | | In a land where courtesy is prized, Japanese ministers made little effort to mask their anger at the sudden departure Monday of Wu Yi, the deputy vice premier of China, who had come to Japan to ease relations strained by disputes over textbooks, territorial rights and anti-Japanese protests in China. |
 | | Machimura, one of five Japanese ministers to publicly criticize China Tuesday, reminded reporters that it was the Chinese foreign minister, Li Zhaoxing, who had requested the meeting with the Japanese prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi. |
 | | "China is cultivating those in Japan known to be sympathetic to China, while being pointedly contemptuous of Koizumi," said Robyn Lim, a professor of international relations at Nanzan University. |
| www.iht.com /articles/2005/05/25/news/china.php (619 words) |
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