CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIABAO AND JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER NAOTO KAN MET YESTERDAY IN BRUSSELS. ON THE SIDELINES OF THE ASIA-EUROPE MEETING.  

THERE HAD BEEN SOME DIPLOMATIC DIFFERENCES SINCE THE JAPANESE ARRESTED A CHINESE FISHING BOAT CAPTAIN. THE TWO OFFICIALS AGREED TO MEET AGAIN AT A HIGH LEVEL TO IMPROVE THEIR RELATIONS.  THE FISHING BOAT CAPTAIN MEANWHILE HAS BEEN RELEASED.  

CHINESE-JAPANESE RELATIONS HAVE A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS, REACHING BACK TO THE "RAPE OF NANKING" IN THE EARLY THIRTIES WHEN JAPAN INVADED THE MAINLAND.  LETS HOPE THEY CAN RESOLVE THEIR PRESENT DIFFERENCES AND SAVE FACE.  IN THE CASE OF ANOTHER CHINESE-JAPANESE WAR, WHO WOULD DO OUR MANUFACTURING?