A question of meaning.(Japan and China in dispute over Taiwan)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: December 5, 1998 | Copyright information

BEIJING

China's state visit to Japan leaves relations strained

THOUGH he has become the world's most notorious splitter of semantic hairs, Bill Clinton is a mere amateur compared with the diplomats managing relations between China and Japan. They have been at it for decades now, and by the time China's president Jiang Zemin had concluded his visit to Japan this week were again spinning nuanced answers to seemingly straightforward questions.

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