China says Germans fine if their war atonement is compared to Japan

BEIJING (Reuters) - China won't make World War Two a key part of President Xi Jinping's visit to Germany this month, Beijing's envoy to Berlin said on Thursday, but added that Germans were fine for China to use their contrition over the war against Japan.

Three diplomatic sources told Reuters last month that China wanted to make the war a focus of Xi's trip, much to Berlin's discomfort, as Beijing tries to use German atonement for its wartime past to embarrass Japan.