Japan and China to hold maritime talks in Shanghai in Dec.

The Japanese and Chinese governments are planning to hold the next round of high-level talks on maritime issues in Shanghai early next month, amid a thaw in their ties, bilateral diplomatic sources said Monday.Officials are expected to discuss establishing a communication mechanism to prevent accidental bilateral clashes in the East China Sea or the airspace above it.In talks on the margins of regional meetings in Southeast Asia earlier this month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed with both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to improve bilateral relations, which ha…READ FULL ARTICLE