Chinese warship pays peaceful call
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A warship from China dropped anchor off Tokyo in the communist nation’s first military visit to Japan since World War II.
The port call by the guided missile destroyer Shenzhen was part of an exchange that will bring a Japanese warship on a visit to China at a later date.
“We have made big strides in our military relations, and your visit symbolizes this progress,” Adm. Eiji Yoshikawa, chief of staff for Japan’s navy, told the Chinese delegation.
Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai said the warship was a “messenger of peace.”
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