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On the one-year anniversary of Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan-related defense, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated that the responsibility for the difficulties in Sino-Japanese relations lies with Japan, demanding that Japan quickly correct its wrong words and actions related to Taiwan and correctly understand its history and attitude toward China.
Japan Prime Ministertakaichi sanae On November 7 last year, Beijing reacted sharply over Taiwan-related defense and led to a sharp decline in bilateral relations. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that a year later, Japanese officials are still skirting around, avoiding the issue and never showing sincerity and action to consider and correct mistakes. It called on Japan to “correct its wrong words and actions on the Taiwan issue as soon as possible.”
On the 6th, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiaqun answered a question from an NHK reporter. As Gao Xi’s defense approached the one-year anniversary, Beijing responded to a question about current and future relations between the two countries, “China-Japan relations are currently facing serious difficulties, and the responsibility rests squarely on Japan.” He said that about a year ago, the Japanese leader made mistakes related to Taiwan and “sent the wrong signal of trying to forcefully intervene in the Taiwan issue, challenge China’s national sovereignty, and shake the political foundation of China-Japan relations.”
Guo Jiaqun then said, “Unfortunately, even after a year, Japanese officials are still hanging around, dodging and dodging the issue, and have never shown sincerity and action to consider and correct mistakes.”
He finally reiterated that China’s position on China-Japan relations is consistent. “We would like to emphasize again that for Japan, what is needed now is to quickly correct its wrong words and actions on the Taiwan issue. What is important is to adopt the correct attitude on historical issues. What is fundamental is to be truly objective and rational in its understanding of China.”
It is worth noting that Guo Jiakun referred to Takaichi Sane as “Japanese leader” this time, instead of directly referring to “Takaichi Sane” as in the previous press conference on September 30.
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Because Beijing believed that the Japanese leader at that time had sent the wrong signal by openly trying to forcefully intervene in the Taiwan issue, and had not yet seen Japan reflect on and improve its mistakes, it once again asked Japan to confront it and make improvements after one year.
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Guo Jiakun said that the current China-Japan relations are facing serious difficulties, and the responsibility lies entirely with Japan. He also pointed out that Japan has a negative attitude on Taiwan-related and historical issues and has not shown sincerity in considering and improving relations.
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China wants Japan to correct its wrong words and actions related to Taiwan as soon as possible, adopt the correct attitude on historical issues, and be truly objective and rational in its understanding of China, so as to restore the political foundation of bilateral relations.
