China, Japan and South Korea are set for their first summit in two years, looking for a breakthrough on the North Korea crisis and a way to patch up their own tense relations. New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made better ties with his Asian neighbours a priority since taking office in September from Junichiro Koizumi, whose war shrine visits stirred up anger over Japan’s militarist past. The closely-watched meeting between Abe, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun comes on the sidelines of the annual Southeast Asian summits taking place in the Philippines. Full Story
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