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Japan, China to ensure safety of Chinese products

MANILA, Philippines - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) and his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso shake hands in Manila on Aug. 1 prior to their talks.

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World Peace Forum in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (standing) attends the World Peace Forum at Tsinghua University in Beijing on June 21, 2014.

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World Peace Forum in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Yukio Hatoyama (L), former Prime Minister of Japan, and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (R) pose for photos before the World Peace Forum at Tsinghua University in Beijing on June 21, 2014.

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World Peace Forum in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi addresses the opening ceremony for the third World Peace Forum at Beijing's Tsinghua University on June 21, 2014. About 500 people, including former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, are attending the two-day forum, organized by the university in partnership with the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.

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Machimura, Yang to step up efforts on N. Korea's denuke process

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi shake hands at a hotel in Sydney on Sept. 6 at the beginning of their talks. The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Machimura, Yang to step up efforts on N. Korea's denuke process

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi shake hands at a hotel in Sydney on Sept. 6 prior to their talks. The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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China's top diplomat Yang to visit U.S.

BEIJING, China, Feb. 6 Kyodo - File photo taken on Sept. 30, 2017, shows China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi in Beijing. The top diplomat is scheduled to visit the United States for two days from Feb. 8, 2018, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.==Kyodo

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Japan strongly urges China to play more active role over N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan, May 30 Kyodo - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R on front) meets with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (L on front) in Tokyo on May 30, 2017. During their meeting, the two confirmed Tokyo and Beijing will "work more closely" to deal with issues related to North Korea. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM's aide meets China's top diplomat over summit

BEIJING, China, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Shotaro Yachi (far L), a former top career diplomat who serves as a key foreign-policy adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meets with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (far R) in Beijing on Aug. 25, 2016. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are trying to pave the way for a meeting between their top leaders on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in September.

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U.S., China agree not to accept N. Korea as nuclear state

BEIJING, June 7 Kyodo - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi attend a joint press conference following an annual bilateral strategic meeting in Beijing on June 7, 2016. The two countries agreed not to recognize North Korea as a nuclear state and pledged to exert joint efforts toward stopping any further provocations.

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Chinese leaders exchange words at Great Hall of People

BEIJING, China - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, President Xi Jinping and State Councilor Yang Jiechi (from L) exchange words at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2014.

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Abe, Xi to hold 1st summit talks

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in Beijing on Nov. 3, 2014, shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and State Councilor Yang Jiechi. A Japanese government source said Nov. 7, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold his first talks with Xi on the sidelines of a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders early in the following week.

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Kerry, Yang meet reporters in Beijing

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi meet reporters at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 10, 2014, after the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

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U.S.-China high-level talks

BEIJING, China - (From L) U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi attend a joint press conference at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on July 10, 2014, after the two countries ended annual high-level talks.

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U.S.-China high-level talks

BEIJING, China - (From L) U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi attend a joint press conference at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on July 10, 2014, after the two countries ended annual high-level talks.

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U.S.-China high-level talks

BEIJING, China - (From L) U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry end a joint press conference at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on July 10, 2014, after the two countries concluded annual high-level talks.

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U.S.-China high-level talks

BEIJING, China - (From L) U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi attend a joint press conference at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on July 10, 2014, after the two countries ended annual high-level talks.

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China stands firm in talks with Vietnam over South China Sea

HANOI, Vietnam - Visiting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (L) and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh shake hands prior to their talks in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 18, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nagasaki governor in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura answers reporters' questions after holding talks with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi in Beijing on Nov. 5, 2013.

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U.S. deputy secretary of state in China

BEIJING, China - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (L) and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi shake hands at the Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing on April 25, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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China launches new Cabinet

BEIJING, China - A plenary session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 16, 2013. China launched a new government led by Premier Li Keqiang the same day, appointing former Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi as foreign minister to succeed Yang Jiechi.

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China launches new Cabinet

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Premier Li Keqiang attend a plenary session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 16, 2013. China launched a new government led by Li the same day, appointing former Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi as foreign minister to succeed Yang Jiechi.

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China launches new Cabinet

BEIJING, China - A plenary session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 16, 2013. China launched a new government led by Premier Li Keqiang the same day, appointing former Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi as foreign minister to succeed Yang Jiechi.

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China launches new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows new Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Wang, China's former Ambassador to Japan, was appointed as foreign minister March 16, 2013, to succeed Yang Jiechi.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Wang Yi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi. China is considering Wang, currently head of the Taiwan Affairs Office, as a leading candidate to replace Yang Jiechi as foreign minister, multiple Chinese government-related sources said on Feb. 24, 2013.

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Japan party leader in China

BEIJING, China - New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi shake hands in Beijing on Jan. 24, 2013. The Japanese ruling coalition party leader was in China in an effort to improve Japan-China relations strained over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, administered for decades by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing. (Pool photo)

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Hatoyama in China

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama answers reporters' questions at a hotel in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2013. Hatoyama held separate talks the same day with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body.

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Asia-Europe Meeting summit in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi attends the Asia-Europe Meeting summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 6, 2012, taking over from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. (Pool photo)

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Brahimi in China

BEIJING, China - Lakhdar Brahimi (L), the U.N.-Arab League peace envoy on Syria, and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi shake hands before their meeting in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Brahimi in China

BEIJING, China - Lakhdar Brahimi (L), the U.N.-Arab League peace envoy on Syria, and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi meet in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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China, German foreign chiefs

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hands with his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, ahead of talks in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, China in verbal war at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Li Baodong (L), Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27, 2012, as part of a verbal war between top officials from Japan and China. After Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Kazuo Kodama, the Japanese deputy ambassador to the United Nations, exchanged words over the sovereignty of a cluster of islands in the East China Sea, Li said in his subsequent rebuttal, "The recent so-called island purchase by the Japanese government is nothing different from money laundering."

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Japan, China in verbal war at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Combination photo shows Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) and Kazuo Kodama, the Japanese deputy ambassador to the United Nations, addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. Yang accused Japan of stealing a cluster of islands in the East China Sea and "grossly" violating Chinese sovereignty in the process, while the Japanese envoy said in a rebuttal session following Yang's speech that the Senkaku Islands are "clearly an inherent territory of Japan based on historical facts and international law."

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Japan refutes China speech

NEW YORK, United States - The Japanese deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Kazuo Kodama, speaks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. In a rebuttal session following a speech of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the Japanese envoy said the Senkaku Islands are "clearly an inherent territory of Japan based on historical facts and international law."

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China foreign minister at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi delivers a speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. Yang said Japan "stole" a cluster of East China Sea islands from China.

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China foreign minister at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi delivers a speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. Yang said Japan "stole" a cluster of East China Sea islands from China.

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U.S., China foreign ministers in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (3rd from R) meet in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. Clinton urged Yang to alleviate tensions over China's territorial dispute with Japan and resolve the issue through dialogue, a U.S. official said.

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Japan, China foreign ministers meet in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks with reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 25, 2012, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the U.N. General Assembly.

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Japan, China foreign ministers meet in N.Y.

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photos show Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. They held talks in New York on Sept. 25, 2012, on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the U.N. General Assembly.

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Clinton in China

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi shake hands in Beijing on Sept. 4, 2012. (Pool photo)

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ARF meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (R) attend an ASEAN Regional Forum meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 12, 2012. The session was held as part of meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its dialogue partners.

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ARF meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (R) attend an ASEAN Regional Forum meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 12, 2012. The session was held as part of meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its dialogue partners.

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China-ASEAN meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) speaks during a meeting with foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 11, 2012. The session was held as part of meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its dialogue partners.

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Gemba, Yang in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi (2nd from L) hold talks in Phnom Penh on July 11, 2012.

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Japan-China meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi shake hands before their meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 11, 2012. The session was held on the sidelines of meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its dialogue partners.