Straits Times
Date: Nov 12, 2017
TOKYO (Bloomberg) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting with a
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a 30-minute meeting with James Soong, head of the People First Party on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Danang, Vietnam.
Taiwanese politician on Sunday (Nov 12), hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned him not to break with past consensus on what Beijing regards as a renegade province.
Abe held a 30-minute meeting with James Soong, head of the People First Party on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Danang, Vietnam, according to Japan’s foreign ministry. After the meeting, the prime minister left for summits in the Philippines.
The meeting risks criticism from China even as Abe says he wants deeper cooperation on the threat from North Korea.
In a summit with Xi the previous night, Abe received no clear response to a proposal that he visit China next year to mark the 40th anniversary of a friendship treaty.
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