New China FM 'unlikely' to soften stance in Japan row
- Published: 17 Mar 2013 at 11.49
- Online news: Asia
China's appointment of a former ambassador to Japan as its foreign minister is unlikely to soften Beijing's position over islands at the centre of a dispute with Tokyo, Japanese media said on Sunday.
Wang Yi, then China's Ambassador to Japan, pictured in Tokyo, on May 25, 2006. China's appointment of Yi as its foreign minister is unlikely to soften Beijing's position over islands at the centre of a dispute with Tokyo, Japanese media said on Sunday.
Wang Yi's new job was approved on Saturday by the National People's Congress, Beijing's rubber-stamp parliament, which also promoted his predecessor Yang Jiechi to a member of the State Council, China's cabinet.
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