Chinese PM Wen Jiabao to shorten Japan trip

South Korea's Yonhap today reported that China's premier Wen Jiaobao has decided to shorten his planned trip to Tokyo in response to Japan's denial that its government and military forced Asian women into sexual servitude during World War II. This year also marks the 70th anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge or July 7 'Incident' which saw the full-scale invasion of mainland China by Japanese forces as well as the beginning of the Nanjing Massacre.

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