Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Abe . Their relationship was frosty but it was progress , said Jeff ##ries . Relations have been severely strained between the two countries in recent years . Xi went far beyond the call of obligatory hospitality as APEC host in agreeing to a meeting that Abe has been requesting for almost two years . At the heart of the dispute is a bitter territorial dispute .
Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Abe . Their relationship was frosty but it was progress , said Jeff ##ries . Relations have been severely strained between the two countries in recent years . At the heart of the dispute is a bitter territorial dispute .