Analysis: China defies Mao's support for Japan in Russia islands row

Xi Jinping finds a new cudgel to use on Japan: Mao Zedong's stance backing Japan's claim on four islands that Russia administers. Above, Russian President Vladimir Putin samples salmon roe at a fish-processing plant on one of the disputed islands in the company of workers. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and TASS/Kyodo)