BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 8: A Japanese national flag flies before the huge portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square before a welcoming ceremony for Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe October 8, 2006 in Beijing, China. Abe, long seen as a hardliner toward Asian neighbors, is the first Japanese leader to visit Beijing since 2001 and arrived in a bid to ease years of deteriorating ties between Asia's biggest economies. Getty Images logo Getty Images 37 months ago

BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 8: A Japanese national flag flies before the huge portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square before a welcoming ceremony for Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe October 8, 2006 in Beijing, China. Abe, long seen as a hardliner toward Asian neighbors, is the first Japanese leader to visit Beijing since 2001 and arrived in a bid to ease years of deteriorating ties between Asia's biggest economies.

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  1. TOKYO - AUGUST 15: Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine to pay his respects for the war dead on August 15, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan marks the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II today.
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  3. Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media as he leaves after visiting the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo August 15, 2009, to mark the 64th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.
  4. Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe leaves after visiting the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo August 15, 2009, to mark the 64th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.
  5. Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe leaves after visiting the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo August 15, 2009, to mark the 64th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.
  6. Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (R) delivers a speech while attending the funeral of former finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa at a Tokyo temple on October 9, 2009. Japan's political world paid homage to Nakagawa as he was buried in Tokyo, regretting the passing of a life marked by bouts of drunken behaviour.
  7. Local residents hold photos of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, left, and Zhou Enlai, right, during a flag raising ceremony celebrating China's 60th Anniversary in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. China celebrated its rise to a world power over 60 years of Communist rule Thursday, staging its biggest-ever parade of military hardware with over a hundred thousand marching masses in a display that stirred patriotism - and some unease. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT.
  8. Wax figures of Mao Zedong (L) and Deng Xiaoping are exhibited as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People's Republic of China at a shopping mall in Hong Kong September 23, 2009. China will celebrate its national day on October 1.
  9. BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 03: A Chinese woman sells portraits of former Chinese leaders, premier Zhou Enlai (L) and chairman Mao Zedong (C), at Panjiayuan flea market on September 3, 2009 in Beijing, China. Memorabilia of the Chinese Communist regime have become more popular ahead of the upcoming National Day on October 1, 2009 which this year will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China.
  10. JINAN CHINA - OCTOBER 1£¬2009: Fireworks explode over the Mao Zedong's statue to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2009 in Jinan, Shandong Province of China. Chinese people commemorated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with massive celebrations taking place across the country including a grand military parade and mass pageant in Beijing.
  11. JINAN CHINA - OCTOBER 1£¬2009: Fireworks explode over the Mao Zedong's statue to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2009 in Jinan, Shandong Province of China. Chinese people commemorated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with massive celebrations taking place across the country including a grand military parade and mass pageant in Beijing.
  12. JINAN CHINA - OCTOBER 1£¬2009: Fireworks explode over the Mao Zedong's statue to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2009 in Jinan, Shandong Province of China. Chinese people commemorated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with massive celebrations taking place across the country including a grand military parade and mass pageant in Beijing.
  13. A wax figure of Mao Zedong is exhibited as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People's Republic of China at a shopping mall in Hong Kong September 23,2009. China will celebrate its national day on October 1.
  14. A wax figure of Mao Zedong is exhibited as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People's Republic of China at a shopping mall in Hong Kong September 23,2009. China will celebrate its national day on October 1.

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