China - Japan Summit -- News Updates October 26, 2018

China is Japan's main trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching $300bn last year [Lintao Zhang/Reuters]

ABC News Online: China and Japan forge historic pact on denuclearisation in Korean Peninsula

China and Japan pledged to forge closer ties as both countries stood together at a "historic turning point", signing a broad range of agreements including a $US30 billion currency swap pact amid rising trade tensions with Washington.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono attended a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Mr Abe and Mr Li also agreed the two countries would work together to achieve denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula.

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WNU Editor: Yup .... Economic realpolitik brings Asia’s big guns together (Asia Times).

China - Japan Summit -- News Updates October 26, 2018

China, Japan to forge closer ties at 'historic turning point' -- Reuters
Xi: China-Japan ties 'have returned to the right track' -- CGTN
China, Japan moving from competition to cooperation, leaders say -- SCMP
Japan, China strike deals during Abe visit as ties improve -- AFP
China, Japan sign agreements to strengthen cooperation -- Reuters
China and Japan pledge to boost economic cooperation -- Al Jazeera
Japan's PM Abe says to work with China on North Korea issue -- Reuters
Japan and China driven closer by trade tensions with US -- BBC
Abe hopes for 'new level' of Sino-Japan relations at Xi summit -- Nikkei Asian Review
China, Japan willing to mend ties amid Trump challenge -- DW
Why Japan and China are trying to make nice -- Isabella Steger, Quartz