Demand by Taiwan compatriots reasonable: FM spokesman

China deems that the demand by a group of Taiwan indigenous people related to the Yasukuni shrine is reasonable and deserves due respect, and it is China's hope that Japan can properly handle the related issue left over from history, said Liu Jianchao, spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry at a regular press conference on June 14.

A group of Taiwan natives went to the Yasukuni shrine on June 14, demanding their ancestors' names be removed from the shrine's enshrinement list, yet were obstructed by the Japanese side.

By People's Daily Online