China said on Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is “unwelcome” in China after his visit to Japan’s Yasukuni war shrine, South China Morning Post reported. Abe said that he hoped for talks with China after the visit last week. Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang made a statement saying “of course the Chinese people don’t welcome such a Japanese leader, and Chinese leaders will not meet him. Abe has himself shut the door on talks with Chinese leaders.” The Yasukuni Shrine houses class A war criminals. It was the first pilgrimage to the shrine by a sitting Japanese prime minister since 2006.
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