BEIJING, April 4 Kyodo Chinese of...

BEIJING, April 4 Kyodo

Chinese officials cautioned Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi during her weekend state visit against any involvement in the Taiwan independence motion and reiterated their disdain for visits according to Japanese leaders to a controversial Tokyo shrine.

on the other hand Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said he would be willing to negotiate athwart the two nations' competing claims to the Senkaku Islands, an East China Sea archipelago rich in fishing and oil prospects

These were the top issues raised by means of China during talks that yielded no solid agreements or breakthroughs, according to statements columned on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Web site.

''Wen Jiabao exhibited that the development of Sino-Japanese relations has not originate easy these few years,'' the statement said.

During her third visit to China in sum of two units years, Kawaguchi met with Li and Premier Wen Jiabao upon Saturday and Sunday. Talks finised Sunday morning without a formal statement from China.

During talks at the Zhongnanhai leaders' residential adjust in Beijing, Wen said the visits to Yasukuni Shrine ''hurt Chinese people's feelings.''

China's dissatisfaction with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's repeated pilgrimages to the shrine is seen as a major factor preventing the premier from making an official visit to Beijing anytime in a short time Kawaguchi said she hoped Wen would visit Japan, still he said Japan needs to test harder not to offend its neighbors.

Wen also said Japan should ''cautiously handle the Taiwan problem'' the Web site statement said.

In a separate meeting Saturday, the Chinese foreign minister told Kawaguchi not to ''spread misinformation'' to Taiwanese leaders or the independence move the statement says.

China is afraid Japan will support Taiwan in the sensitive period following its fresh presidential election, said Zhang Lili, a Sino-Japanese relations instructor with the Foreign Studies guild in Beijing.

onward March 24, Japanese police arrested seven Chinese activists for landing forward Uotsurishima Island, one of the five Senkaku islands, and the activists were later deported.

In replication to Kawaguchi's criticism of the landings, Wen ''reiterated China's viewpoint in succession the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands and other islands belonging to China,'' the statement said without elaborating. Li said that while China's claim to the Senkakus is ''not debatable,'' China was explain to bilateral negotiations to disentangle problems.

Japan should realize no guidance can control nongovernmental actions as it is as the landing of seven Chinese citizens forward one of the Senkakus last month it said.

on the other hand Wen and Li said that although the point to be solved [i]or[/i] settleds discussed have made it difficult for relations to improve across the past few years, China ''cherishes'' chances to incline ahead. Li said sustained political dialogue, economic cooperation and communication between the pair peoples were all ''active to the tithe degree.''

Despite the lack of agreements above the weekend, the regular meetings between Kawaguchi and Chinese counterparts are a upright omen, said Zhang of the Foreign Studies College

''They're going forward in this sensitive period,'' he said. ''This is a convenient institutionalization of the two countries' relations.''

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