Ex-president Lee visits Tokyo war shrine

Описание: (7 Jun 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui's car convoy arriving at Yasukuni Shrine
2. Lee getting out of car, and walking towards Yasukuni Shrine
3. Wide shot of media, pan to Lee
4. Lee entering the shrine
5. People waving Japanese flags shouting "Banzai" (translated 'hooray')
6. People waving Taiwanese flags shouting "Taiwan Banzai"
7. Flag waving, zoom out to wide shot of spectators
8. Lee coming out of the shrine
9. Close-up of Lee walking towards car
10. Close-up of Lee getting on the car
11. Zoom into police guarding the entrance of the shrine, spectators
12. Wide shot of Lee's car leaving
STORYLINE:
Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui prayed for his elder brother at a Tokyo war shrine on Thursday, a move that could upset China which vilifies the site as a symbol of Japan's militaristic past.
Lee's brother is enshrined at the Yasukuni Shrine, which deifies two and a half million (m) war dead, including Japanese World War II leaders executed for their war crimes, along with tens of thousands of Koreans and Taiwanese drafted into Japanese military during Japan's colonial rule.
Lee entered Yasukuni's inner hall and prayed, a shrine spokesman said on condition of anonymity by protocol, but he refused to provide any other details.
The former president arrived in Japan last week for an 11-day cultural visit.
The 84-year-old has been a strong critic of Beijing, which claims sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan more than five decades after the island split from the mainland during a civil war.
On Wednesday, China slammed Lee for using his visit to push for Taiwanese independence and for trying to undermine China-Japan relations.
China in late May expressed "strong dissatisfaction" toward Japan for allowing Lee's visit.
Japan maintains official diplomatic relations with Beijing, but not with Taiwan.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stressed that Lee's visit is private and that he did not expect it to hurt Tokyo's relations with Beijing.
The Yasukuni Shrine is a major source of contention between China and Japan, along with disputes over exploration of underwater gas and
interpretations of wartime history.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's six visits to Yasukuni during his 2001-2006 leadership enraged China and South
Korea, the two main victims of Japanese aggression in the first half of the 20th century, prompting them to reject summits with Koizumi.

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