Japan should reconsider state visit by China's Xi: LDP lawmakers

Ruling party lawmakers on Friday urged the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to consider withdrawing its invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Japan as a state guest, citing concerns over Beijing's attempts to tighten its grip on Hong Kong.Two panels of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party submitted a resolution to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, expressing "serious concern" over the situation in the semi-autonomous former British colony.]The resolution called on the government to "carefully consider" whether the visit should still go ahead, underscoring the views of c…READ FULL ARTICLE