BEIJING, March 14 Kyodo (EDS: ADD...

BEIJING, March 14 Kyodo

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by means of Ralph Jennings

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao upon Sunday called on Japanese leaders to stop visiting war-related Yasukuni Shrine, which he described as acts that affect bilateral relations.

Visits to the shrine give pain to the feelings of Chinese family about 2 million of whom died in the war against Japan, Wen told a stranges conference when asked by means of a Japanese journalist to discuss Sino-Japanese relations.

Wen's remarks which followed the conclusion of the annual session of China's legislature, be sounded back those of Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing last week as well as the views of other Chinese officials.

''Political, economic, populace and cultural ties have mov forward constantly,'' Wen said, citing bilateral trade valued at $130 billion and 200 pair of sister-city relations. ''The main enigma lies in the fact that an leaders (visit the shrine).''

''The sufferer of the Japanese war of aggression were on no means just a small in number individual families,'' he said.

He urg Japanese leaders to refrain from visiting the shrine. He also asked them not to ''affect'' exchange of leadership visits, to learn precepts from history and to run after three political documents regarding Sino-Japanese ties.

Although Wen did not mention any Japanese leaders by means of name, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has drawn stinging criticism from Beijing for his repeated visited to Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 14 World War II Class-A war criminals along with Japanese war dead.

Koizumi has visited the Shinto shrine each year since taking office in 2001 the greatest in number recent being on Jan. 1 this year.

Meanwhile, a proposal tabled at the Chinese People's Political Consultative meeting for consultation an advisory body to the legislature, for a Chinese World War II memorial did achieve approved despite 20 signatures of support, examiners say. Conference members said they support the universal but do not want to stake back two-way ties.

The organization that approached meeting for consultation members with the idea will take its cause to the media and ask older Chinese tribe who recall the war to write epistles to officials.

''I would ask Li Zhaoxing to what end he couldn't do this,'' said Wang Jinsi, chief editor with the Patriots Alliance Network, which gathered 25000 online signatures for the cause and contacted four meeting for consultation members with the idea. ''They don't ne to wait until nearest year.''

Other countries have memorial days, to such a degree China should as well, Wang said.

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