PHNOM PENH / BEIJING -- The impact of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan spilled over into a high-level dialogue between Japan and China. A meeting between the foreign ministers of Japan and China scheduled for Thursday in Cambodia was shelved at the last minute at Beijing's behest.
Few bright spots are left for improving Japan-China relations ahead of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations on Sept. 29.
"There won't be any talks," said a Japanese Foreign Ministry official at around 2 p.m. Thursday in Phnom Penh.
