Senior Chinese Communist Party figure Liu Yunshan voiced displeasure with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's comments on historical recognition in a meeting earlier this week with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka, officials close to bilateral ties said.
Liu, the Communist Party's fifth-ranked leader, was quoted as saying Abe "keeps acting and talking as if to rub salt into people's wounds. It makes me wonder if militarism is being brought back."
He made the remarks during a meeting Monday in Beijing with Nonaka, who is leading a delegation of current and former Diet lawmakers visiting China.