China in two minds about Japan?

FOR a country that believes strongly in non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, China, oddly, is constantly telling other countries what they can and cannot talk about. Last week, China again was putting the pressure, this time on Japan, host of the Group of Seven (G-7) foreign ministers' meeting on April 10-11 in Hiroshima, as well as on the other participating countries not to discuss South China Sea issues.

In March, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi publicly accused Japan of "double dealing", saying that Japan on one hand procl…