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Beijing appeals for public calm over row with Japan

STOP IT China's media reported that the foreign minister has called for an end to anti-Japanese protests and that people should try to stay calm

AP , BEIJING

Li said that improved relations between the two sides hinge on Japan taking a "correct view of history."

Japan's attitude toward its history had "deeply hurt the national feeling of the Chinese people and brought complexity to Sino-Japanese relations," Li said.

Despite the appeals, anti-Japanese activists have posted calls on Web sites for more protests on the Labor Day holiday, May 1, and on May 4 -- the date of a 1919 student uprising over a treaty that ceded part of China to Japan.

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