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Friend or foe? Japan-China ties complicated after 50 years

A child gestures holding a gun as he poses near a canon at Lugou Bridge also known as Marco Polo Bridge where it is generally remembered as the place from which an incident in 1937 started the Second Sino-Japanese War in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Visitors wearing masks look at captured Japanese flags at The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance against Japan in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A visitor looks at diorama portraying Chinese soldiers at The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance against Japan in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Visitors look at Japanese products on display at the Japan Mall exhibit at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Residents bring their child play near a drawing depicting people wearing kimonos view the Mount Fuji scenery, outside a Japanese restaurant in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold.(AP Photo/Andy Wong) Residents visit an area known for its Japanese restaurants in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Shi Xin, owner of the Yume Wo Katare restaurant which specialise in the fatty, garlicky smell Jiro-style "ramen" noodle speaks during an interview in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Customers at the Yume Wo Katare restaurant enjoy the fatty, garlicky Jiro-style "ramen" noodle in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Shi Xin, owner of the Yume Wo Katare restaurant prepares the fatty, garlicky smell Jiro-style "ramen" noodle popular with his customer in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A woman walks past a Japanese restaurant in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Tokyo. Fukuda said effort to increase communication is important especially at a time of strained relationship. He has regularly visited China even after retiring from parliament in 2012 and is known for his support for people exchanges between the two sides. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, left, toasts with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao after a signing ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Dec. 28, 2007. The Japan-China Exchange Festival in Tokyo, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back on Sept. 24 and 25, 2022, ahead of this week’s 50th anniversary of the normalizing of relations between the two Asian neighbors and economic powerhouses. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, Pool, File) Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Tokyo. Fukuda said effort to increase communication is important especially at a time of strained relationship. He has regularly visited China even after retiring from parliament in 2012 and is known for his support for people exchanges between the two sides. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Organizers and guests participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the annual Japan-China Exchange Festival at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, marking the opening of the two-day friendship event and also marking the 50th anniversary of the Sept. 29, 1972, normalization of the ties between the two countries. The festival, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back last weekend ahead of this week’s 50th anniversary of the normalizing of relations between the two Asian neighbors and economic powerhouses. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi) Dancers perform at the annual Japan-China Exchange Festival at the Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, marking the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the bilateral relations on Sept. 29, 1972. The festival, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back last weekend ahead of this week’s 50th anniversary of the normalizing of relations between the two Asian neighbors and economic powerhouses. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi) A woman prepares to close their booth as the raining was getting hard in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, during an annual event called Japan-China Exchange Festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the bilateral relations. The festival, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back last weekend ahead of this week’s 50th anniversary of the normalizing of relations between the two Asian neighbors and economic powerhouses. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) WeiWei Wuu plays erhu as she sings in front of festivalgoers in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, during an annual event called Japan-China Exchange Festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the bilateral relations. The festival, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back last weekend ahead of this week’s 50th anniversary of the normalizing of relations between the two Asian neighbors and economic powerhouses. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Festivalgoers eat Chinese food during an annual event called Japan-China Exchange Festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the bilateral relations in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. The festival, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back last weekend ahead of this week’s 50th anniversary of the normalizing of relations between the two Asian neighbors and economic powerhouses. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) FILE - Chinese tourists take a break after shopping in Tokyo's posh Ginza district on April 11, 2010. The Japan-China Exchange Festival in Tokyo, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back last weekend ahead of this week’s 50th anniversary of the normalizing of relations between the two Asian neighbors and economic powerhouses. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) FILE - Anti-Japan protesters hold picture of the dipusted island, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, as they march to the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Sept. 16, 2012. Recent surveys taken in 2021 showed a significant increase in Japan of negative sentiment toward China, while the effort of the normalization has faded. Negative sentiment toward Japan in China also grew but at a milder extent from the previous year. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) FILE - Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea on Oct, 13, 2011. Recent surveys taken in 2021 showed a significant increase in Japan of negative sentiment toward China, while the effort of the normalization has faded. Negative sentiment toward Japan in China also grew but at a milder extent from the previous year. (Kyodo News via AP, File) FILE - Japanese Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira, left, receives a photo of a panda named Huan Huan from Chinese Prime Minister Hua Guofeng in Beijing in December 1979. Tokyo's Ueno Zoo received Huan Huan from China in 1980, after Lan Lan, another Chinese gift, died in 1979. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of the historic communique that former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka signed with former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. (Kyodo News via AP, File) FILE - Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka toast each other at a banquet in the Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 28, 1972. Zhou announced then the two countries have decided to establish diplomatic relations and terminate the state of war between them. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of the historic communique that Tanaka signed with Zhou. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they pose for photographers before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2018. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of the historic communique that former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka signed with former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. (Li Tao/Xinhua via AP, File)