Chinese stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.54 percent to 3,864.28 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.72 percent lower at 13,287.97 points.
The combined turnover of stocks covered by these two indices stood at around 1.61 trillion yuan (about 237.92 billion U.S. dollars), down from 1.63 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.
Wind power equipment and electronic chemicals were among the top gainers, while tourism and hotels, planting and forestry, and grain-related concept stocks were among the top decliners.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.15 percent to close at 3,247.92 points Tuesday.
The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 0.73 percent higher at 1,824.52 points.
Chinese shares close lower Tuesday
History cannot be distorted and the historical truths must be conveyed to young Japanese people to avoid repeating the same mistakes, said former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Beijing on Tuesday.
"Japanese schools rarely teach the history of war. As a result, an increasing number of young people are unaware of these facts. Japan once invaded China and colonized the Korean Peninsula. It is worrisome that more and more young people are unaware of these facts. I believe this is a very serious issue. Our generation should clearly convey the historical truth to young people, clearly and firmly explaining the crimes and mistakes Japan committed in the past, so that they understand these and we can prevent such mistakes from happening again," he said in an exclusive interview with China Radio International (CRI) on the sidelines of the ongoing Beijing Xiangshan Forum which opened on Tuesday.
The three-day Beijing Xiangshan Forum, themed "Build Consensus on Stability, Advance Security Governance Together", features four plenary sessions and eight parallel sessions.
Launched in 2006 as a "track-two" think-tank exchange, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum has expanded over the past two decades to bring together government officials, military leaders and scholars from around the world.
Japanese youths must be told historical truths to avoid making same mistakes: former Japanese PM
