Abe-Xi “Summit” At APEC 2014

The Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will meet in Beijing from November 9-10, 2014. This has been decided. What has not been decided, and what is potentially one of the bigger news events of the year is whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinxing will meet or not. Relations between Japan and China have been frosty since 2012 with the Senkaku/Diaou Islands issue constantly on the boil. From the Chinese side there is also the issue of Abe’s visit to Yasukuni Shrine. Apparently there is much last-minute negotiating between the foreign ministers of both countries to see if the meeting can be made to happen. So the questions are: Will the meeting happen? Can any significant breakthroughs be made if it does happen? Please log in and give us your thoughts on this question.