Chinese man hopes Japan to stay on path for peace

Zhang Yushu, a 90-year-old retired Chinese public servant, says in an interview in Beijing on Aug. 11, 2015, that Japan chose the path to peace after the end of World War II but that the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to pursue militarism with its package of national security bills now in parliament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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