article_snippet: The Chinese government has also invited Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to attend a ceremony in the Chinese capital in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
article_snippet: Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Tuesday that The Chinese government had contacted "all relevant countries" with a view to attending.
article_snippet: Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that, as the celebrations will feature a military parade, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is "unlikely to attend.
article_snippet: Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying quoted an unnamed Foreign Ministry official as saying: "While The Chinese government is demanding China improve the transparency of The Chinese government defense spending, attendance of the prime minister is impossible.