China and Japan started the sixth round of talks on the East
China Sea issues at Beijing's Diaoyutai State
Guesthouse?Saturday afternoon.
Director of Chinese Foreign Ministry Department of Asian Affairs
Hu Zhengyue and head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and
Oceanian Affairs Bureau Kenichiro Sasae attended the talks as top
negotiators.
(Xinhua News Agency July 8, 2006)