Killing of 10-year-old in Shenzhen rattles already shaky Japan-China ties

Beijing under pressure to act after years of fanning anti-Japanese sentiment

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The pupil of a Japanese school who was stabbed near this site in Shenzhen later died of his wounds. © Kyodo

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- The stabbing death of a 10-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen at the hands of a Chinese stranger is straining an already tense bilateral relationship, although the assailant's motive is not known.

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