Beijing Prepares for APEC Summit Amid Possible Sino-Japanese Thaw

Beijing Prepares for APEC Summit Amid Possible Sino-Japanese Thaw

Publication: China Brief Volume: 14 Issue: 20

October 23, 2014 05:06 PM Age: 7 hrs

By: Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga

Finance ministers from APEC countries meet in Beijing in preparation for the leadership summit in November. (Credit: Xinhua)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s meetings with Chinese Minster of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi in Boston on October 17–18 marked the end of preparations by senior-level officials for the 22nd Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and turned the attention to the leaders’ meetings in Beijing this November. Several days later, China’s state-run People’s Daily published a front-page article, under the pseudonym Zhong Sheng, about the upcoming meetings. Beijing has seized its platform as host to pursue political gains and take the driver’s seat in its most challenging relationships—the United States and Japan.

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