Staff writer
Sino-Japanese economic cooperation in Asia will probably be the focus of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's visit to China, but political issues may test strengthening ties.
Providing China with a full explanation of the updated Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines in relation to Taiwan, as well as massaging Chinese relations with the West, which have been strained by the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, may become the key to the visit's success.