It rejected their appeal by claiming "China has given up war compensation claims by individuals against Japan in the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement".

此前一审判决称“原告即使有赔偿请求权，也超过了时限”，二审认为“中国在《日中联合声明》中放弃了个人赔偿请求权，因此原告失去了索赔权”。

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China is mainly to blame for the Sino-Japanese crisis, but Japan could help defuse it by showing that it really understands the bitter hurt that lingers over its crimes of war.

总之在此次中日危机中，主要应被加以谴责和应承担责任的是中国，但是日本也许可以通过表示对战争带来的依旧存留的给中国人造成的痛苦伤害之理解来缓和双方的危机。

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China believes the islands were annexed by Japan as spoils of the 1895 Sino-Japanese War.

ECONOMIST: A row over some goat-infested rocks heats up