CHINESE PREMIER
MAKES UP TO THE U.S.,
WARNS JAPAN OF
"FURTHER ACTIONS"
WEN JIABAO
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, making a trip to New York and the U.N., had strikingly divergent messages for Washington and Tokyo. The Wall Street Journal reported that he told a group of U.S. business executives that U.S.-PRC differences were "very easy to resolve." And besides, according to Wen, China is "not yet a strong creative or innovative country."
For Japan, there was a threat of "further actions" if the Chinese trawler captain held by Tokyo were not released, and certainly no meeting between the Japanese and Chinese prime ministers while they are in New York. One of the most interesting points raised in the AFP account is the report that Premier Wen's comments were "played throughout Wednesday [September 22] on Chinese state television," including the remark that "the Japanese side shall bear all the consequences that arise."
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