China-Japan Vice Foreign Ministers Talks Held In Beijing

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun, 3rd left, meets Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai, 3rd right, in Beijing, China Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Chinese and Japanese officials held talks Tuesday on their tense dispute over who owns a group of tiny islands in the East China Sea.

Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai, 2rd right, meets with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun, unseen, in Beijing, China Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. <AP/NEWSis>

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun (2nd L) holds talks with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai (not pictured) on bilateral relations, especially on the issue concerning the Diaoyu Islands, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 25, 2012. <Xinhua=Xie Huanchi>

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