Xi rebukes Japan for brutality in China, Koreas

By HyungJin Kim

Published July 4, 2014 11:46am ET

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Xi rebukes Japan for brutality in China, Koreas — Chinese President Xi Jinping waves to students and audience after his lecture at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 4, 2014. With a single meeting Thursday, the leaders of China and South Korea simultaneously snubbed North Korea, bolstered their already booming trade relationship and gave the U.S. and Japan a look at Beijing's growing influence south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) | Lee Jin-man

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of China and South Korea expressed concern Friday about Japan’s recent reinterpretation of its war-renouncing constitution and its re-examination of a past apology for wartime atrocities, a South Korean official said.

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