Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory message to Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, following his election in parliament the previous day.Xi said in the message sent Tuesday he wants to promote "strategic and mutually beneficial" bilateral relations and strive to build constructive and stable ties, according to a statement released by the ministry.Calling China and Japan "neighbors separated by a strip of water," Xi said the two countries should "follow the path of peaceful coexistence, friendship for all generations, mutuall…READ FULL ARTICLE