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On Nov 12, 5:13 am, xi <[email protected]> wrote: > Chinese Premier meets Japanese war orphans revisiting > Chinahttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/11/content_12436712.htm > > BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- In cold weather, 45 Japanese war orphans > revisiting China to thank their Chinese foster families received a > warm welcome in Beijing. > > Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met them, mostly in their seventies, in > the Zhongnanhai compound Wednesday. > > Premier Wen invited the orphans to Zhongnanhai for talks and also > accompanied them on a visit to the former residence and office of the > late Premier Zhou Enlai inside the compound, who were much concerned > about the war orphanage issue. > > The Japanese orphans were those who had been left behind by their > parents after the eight-year Japanese Aggression War against China. > More than 2,800 Japanese orphans were adopted by the Chinese people > and most of them went back to Japan in the 1980s and 1990s after > normalization of bilateral ties. > > The thanksgiving gathering is organized to express the war orphans' > gratitude to their foster families, but the visit is, to some extent, > an emotional one as many of their foster parents have died. > > "We care about the living conditions of the orphans after they > returned back to Japan, and I believe that everybody will live a happy > and stable life though their own efforts and by support from the > Japanese government and all walks of life," said Wen in talks with the > delegation. > > Wen said that it was a handful of militarists who were responsible > for that war of aggression, and the Japanese people were also victims > of the war. > > "The Chinese people, despite their own sufferings caused by the war, > saved the lives of the orphans and brought them up instead of pouring > their hatred on the Japanese people," said Wen. > > Wen said the war orphans will feel again the love given by their > foster parents and the deep friendship between the Chinese and > Japanese people during their visit in China. > > The war orphans have been active in promoting Japan-China friendship > since they returned back to Japan. They raised funds to build a > primary school named China-Japan Friendship Hope School in the > aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake last year, said Wen. > > CALL FOR FRIENDSHIP > > History tells us that "peace between China and Japan leads to > mutual benefits, and rivalry is damaging to both", said Wen. > > China-Japan friendship confirms to the fundamental interests of > the two peoples and to develop friendly cooperation is of great > significance to Asia, the world as well as the two countries, Wen > said. > > Wen said the two nations should take history as a mirror and look > forward to the future in their relations. They should, in the spirit > of the four political documents between China and Japan, coexist > peacefully, engage in mutually beneficial cooperation, seek common > development and lasting friendship, making due contributions to Asian > and World peace, stability and prosperity. > > Members of the delegation said although they now live in Japan, > they still miss their family members and hometowns in China. They are > very excited about this trip and would like to continue to work for > lasting friendship between the two peoples. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
