beijing: China postponed a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic ties with Japan after a row between the two countries.
A dispute over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea erupted into a full-scale diplomatic row this month after the Tokyo government bought the islands from Japanese landowners.
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