continue to enjoy its prosperity and stability after returning to China. In this regard, Premer Li Peng expressed his expectation for your coming visit to China.
Strongly convinced that further promoting China's reform and openness policy and developing stable and friendly Japan-China relations will help ensure stability and prosperity not only in the Asia-Pacific region but in the world as a whole in the long run, I expressed my intention to continue to support China's modernization efforts. In so doing, I was frankly stated my belief not only to Premier Li Peng but to Jiang Zemin and Yang Shangkun that it is essential for China to promote its reform both in political and economic domains and that the international community including Japan still has great concern over the situation of democracy and human rights in China. The Chinese leaders on their part, although maintaining their official position, seemed to be more careful in their wording. They mentioned that reforms in both political and economic fields should go hand in hand but that social stability should not be affected as a result. They also said that they are ready to discuss the issue of human rights with international society if proper consideration is paid to Chinese constitutional law and the social and political reality of the country in such
discussion.
It is important to encourage China to make positive contributions to international society, especially when
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