Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang said yesterday that
Asia's people are against Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni Shrine.
The hands of war criminals enshrined at the shrine were tainted
with the blood of many Asian people, Qin said at a regular press
conference.
Qin was commenting on a report that Koizumi will visit the
controversial shrine this year. He said that China's opposition to
the visits is based on a want to see a more politically influential
Japan.
Qin also announced that Vice Premier Wu Yi
will visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from
October 8 to 11.
(Xinhua News Agency September 30, 2005)