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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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