According to the official WeChat account of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, on November 14, Ambassador Wu Jianghao of China to Japan was instructed to hold a formal meeting with Takanori Funakoshi, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and raised solemn representations regarding the erroneous remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Hayato concerning China.
Wu Jianghao stated that Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Hayato made openly provocative remarks about Taiwan during her parliamentary response, which violated basic common sense, exceeded China's red lines, issued threats of military force, and incited war. Moreover, she refused to acknowledge her mistakes, retract her statements, or eliminate the adverse impact. This is a serious miscalculation of the situation and an overestimation of one's own strength. The remarks were grossly interfering in China's internal affairs, seriously violating international law and the basic principles of international relations, seriously undermining the post-war international order, seriously violating the One-China Principle and the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, and seriously damaging the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations. China strongly condemns this and will not tolerate it, and has thus raised solemn representations and strong protests.
Wu Jianghao pointed out that Taiwan is China's Taiwan. The Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests. How to resolve the Taiwan issue and achieve national reunification is a matter for the Chinese people themselves, and no external forces should interfere. China will eventually be unified, and it is bound to be unified. Japanese policymakers who call for military intervention in the Taiwan Strait are brazenly challenging China's core interests, actively boarding the chariot of splitting China, and leading themselves down an irreversible path.
Wu Jianghao emphasized that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of the recovery of Taiwan. Japan once implemented colonial rule over Taiwan, committing heinous crimes that cannot be recorded in bamboo slips. Japanese militarism has repeatedly launched foreign invasions under the pretext of "existential crises," ultimately suffering a shameful defeat. We would like to warn the Japanese side: Today's China is no longer the China of the past. If Japan dares to intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait situation, it will constitute an act of aggression, and China will surely strike back hard! China strongly urges the Japanese side to deeply reflect on its historical actions, withdraw its harmful statements, stop provoking and crossing the line, otherwise all consequences will be borne by the Japanese side.
Previous news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website stated that on November 13, Vice Minister Sun Weidong of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was instructed to summon Japanese Ambassador to China Kimura Kenji, and raised solemn representations regarding the erroneous remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Hayato concerning China.
Sun Weidong stated that Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Hayato recently made open provocative remarks about Taiwan during her parliamentary response, implying possible military intervention in the Taiwan Strait issue, the nature and impact of which are extremely grave. After multiple solemn representations from China, the Japanese side still showed no sign of remorse and refused to retract its erroneous statements. China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposes this, and has raised solemn representations and strong protests to the Japanese side.
Sun Weidong pointed out that Takahashi's remarks on Taiwan are extremely wrong and extremely dangerous, grossly interfering in China's internal affairs, seriously violating international law and the basic principles of international relations, seriously undermining the post-war international order, seriously violating the One-China Principle and the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, seriously damaging the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations, and seriously hurting the feelings of the Chinese people. 1.4 billion Chinese people will never accept this!
Sun Weidong emphasized that the Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests, a red line and bottom line that cannot be touched. Taiwan is a sacred territory of China, and the issue of Taiwan is purely China's internal affair. How to resolve the Taiwan issue is a matter for the Chinese people themselves, and no external interference is allowed. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of the recovery of Taiwan. Eighty years ago, the brave Chinese people fought for 14 years of bloodshed and defeated the Japanese aggressors. Eighty years later, anyone who dares to interfere in China's great cause of national reunification in any form will be met with a hard counterattack from China! China again urges the Japanese side to deeply reflect on its historical crimes, immediately reflect and correct errors, withdraw its harmful statements, and not go further down the wrong path, otherwise all consequences must be borne by the Japanese side.
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