China protests Japan's "negative" remarks at U.S., Quad meetings

China has protested Japan's "negative" remarks made during recent ministerial meetings with the United States and with fellow members of the Quad, also including Australia and India, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.Liu Jinsong, director general of the ministry's Asian Affairs Department, expressed "serious concern and strong dissatisfaction" over the Japan-U.S. and Quad meetings in Tokyo in his talks Tuesday with Akira Yokochi, chief minister at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, it said.The Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense ministers vowed Sunday to explore ways to strengthen…READ FULL ARTICLE