China slams Koizumi visit to Yasukuni Shrine

China slams Koizumi visit to Yasukuni Shrine

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Yang Wenchang (R) summoned Japanese Ambassador Koreshige Anami (L) to his ministry in Beijing on Jan. 14 and protested Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit earlier in the day to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. The shrine is dedicated to Japan's war dead and also honors convicted World War II war criminals.

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