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Published Aug 29 2012 by Hong Kong Standard

Tokyo seeks to repair strained ties

Monday's incident in which the national flag was ripped off a car carrying the envoy in Beijing came amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations over a disputed East China Sea island chain known in China as the Diaoyus and in Japan as Senkakus.

Describing the incident as "very regrettable," Foreign...

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He added: "I hope that [China] will avoid inviting a situation that would worsen" relations

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