Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Normalization of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations

In Beijing golden Autumn itwas warm and sunny with gen-tle breezes and flowers in fullbloom. In the happy days of cel-ebrating the return of Hong Kongto the motherland, the successfulconvening of the 15th NationalCongress of the Communist Partyof China and the 48th anniversaryof the founding of the People's Re-public of China, we greeted the25th anniversary of the normali-zation of Sino-Japanese diplo-