(UPDATE) BEIJING — China has expressed to Japan its strong dissatisfaction over what it called "smear attacks" against Beijing during recent high-level meetings with some of Tokyo's important allies, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

In a statement, the ministry said Liu Jinsong, director-general of its Asian affairs department, conveyed solemn representations and serious concern at a Monday meeting with Akira Yokochi, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy.

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