SINGAPORE (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were named "Asians of the Year" for 2013 on Wednesday by Singapore's Straits Times, which urged them to reach out to each other to avert a conflict.
"In Asia, currently, no two leaders have greater responsibility to build up their economies, protect the global commons and preserve the peace that has paved the way for Asian prosperity," the leading South-East Asian daily said in a citation.
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