A senior envoy has handed China's leader a cordial letter from Japan's prime minister in the highest-level contact between the sides since tensions increased in September over an island dispute.
The letter from Shinzo Abe to Xi Jinping did not contain any substantial overtures, but it sent wishes of good health, spoke of the two countries' "shared responsibility for peace and prosperity" in the region.
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