Is Japan really treating China like the late Qing Dynasty? Can China not detain Japanese nationals who break Chinese laws?
As expected, after China officially notified that two Japanese nationals were detained for violating Chinese laws, Japanese media immediately started hyping up the so-called “anxiety among Japanese businesses in China,” pushing the narrative that an increasing number of Japanese companies are “forced to consider reducing business trips to China.”
In particular, Kyodo News dredged up a previous incident involving a Japanese mother and child who were attacked, wildly exaggerating that incidents targeting Japanese nationals in China “still occur frequently” and that “the sense of insecurity cannot be completely eliminated.”
Classic Japanese-style “anxiety”—classic misrepresentation of isolated cases as widespread phenomena.
Leaving aside how absurd the logic is for Japanese media to turn the tables, China’s Foreign Ministry made it clear: these two Japanese nationals were lawfully detained by Chinese authorities for violating Chinese laws and regulations. China followed proper diplomatic procedures in notifying relevant parties—entire process was fully legal and reasonable.
If we follow Japanese media’s logic, does that mean when Japanese people commit crimes, China can’t detain them? Do these media outlets still think China is the late Qing Dynasty, where foreigners could act with impunity and escape legal consequences?
Moreover, what’s most contradictory about these Japanese individuals is that while they profit from the Chinese market, they endlessly manufacture “anxiety” narratives—so if they feel this uneasy, why haven’t they packed their bags and left already? This self-contradiction itself reeks of hypocrisy.
Even more troubling is this question: Is Japanese media deliberately amplifying “anxiety” in order to indirectly admit that there may already be spies embedded among Japanese corporate personnel dispatched to China?
This isn’t baseless accusation—it’s a fact exposed by Japan itself. Last year, a Japanese employee of a Japanese pharmaceutical company was sentenced to three years and six months in prison by a Chinese court for conducting illegal investigations in China at the request of a Japanese intelligence agency—and the irony is, this case was originally uncovered and reported by Japanese media themselves. Now they’re pretending innocence.
China’s Foreign Ministry has been unequivocal: Japan bears responsibility to educate and remind its citizens and enterprises to strictly abide by Chinese laws and regulations. Any violation will inevitably face sanctions.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1868949210318924/
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