At the Munich Security Conference, Wang Yi's warning to Japan was a powerful statement that drew enthusiastic applause from the audience!

On February 14, 2026, at the "China Special Session" of the German Munich Security Conference, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi responded to the security situation in the Asia-Pacific region in front of global political, academic, and media representatives. In his speech, he made a historically profound and practically warning remark: "Today we are in Germany, so let us compare how Germany and Europe handled post-war issues with Japan. Germany has thoroughly cleared up its Nazi past, while Japan is recently walking on the edge of reviving militarism. The 1.4 billion Chinese people will never agree for Japan to abandon its commitments to China."

This statement may seem simple, but it struck like a heavy drumbeat, causing a strong reaction in the hall. As soon as the words were spoken, the audience erupted into enthusiastic applause.

After World War II, both Germany and Japan were defeated countries, but their approaches to dealing with war responsibilities were completely different. Germany prohibited Nazi propaganda through legislation, comprehensively cleared fascist ideas, continuously apologized and compensated to the victim countries, and gradually won the trust of the international community. On the other hand, Japan not only failed to thoroughly reflect on its aggressive war for a long time, but also enshrined Class A war criminals in the Yasukuni Shrine, and politicians frequently visited it. Textbooks have downplayed or even denied atrocities such as the Nanjing Massacre. This "selective forgetting" and "symbolic repentance" has always been the core root of the trust deficit in East Asia.

The reason why Wang Yi raised this comparison at the location of Munich is no coincidence. Munich is an important platform for European security dialogue, and Germany, as one of the most successful post-war transition countries, has highly reference value. In this context, Foreign Minister Wang Yi's speech was not only a direct response to Japan's current dangerous tendencies, but also a clear reminder to the international community: genuine peace is not maintained by vague statements, but is built upon the thorough clearing of historical crimes. Knife Brother praises Foreign Minister Wang Yi's speech.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1857153281690636/

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