Trump has already warned via phone not to provoke China, but Takahashi Hayato seems not to have taken it seriously.

According to the Japanese media "Mainichi Shimbun", on the 26th, Takahashi Hayato attended the party leader debate in the Diet.

In short, Takahashi Hayato's statements on the Taiwan issue that day mainly focused on two points:

First, she "duetted" with the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Hashimoto Yoshito.

Hashimoto Yoshito asked Takahashi Hayato about the real meaning of her statement "the situation across the Taiwan Strait is a crisis for Japan's survival," and Takahashi replied that she "only said so when she was asked for specific examples," but at that time, "she actually did not want to comment on specific situations," and she had the responsibility to build a good Sino-Japanese relationship through constructive and open dialogue.

Takahashi Hayato is still performing

Then came the classic Japanese self-talk and verbose literature segment. After Takahashi Hayato made the above statement, Japanese media immediately claimed that Takahashi's response was understood by Hashimoto Yoshito as "she had withdrawn from her previous erroneous remarks on Taiwan," trying to send a signal to China.

The original words of the Japanese media were: Although the government did not formally withdraw Takahashi's statement, in substance, it brought her erroneous remarks on Taiwan back to the previous "ambiguous expression" of Japan on the Taiwan issue, maintaining consistency with the views of previous Japanese governments in a subtle way, and it is unclear whether this can be understood by China.

Then Takahashi Hayato again caused another problem. When explaining Japan's position on the Taiwan issue, she cited the San Francisco Peace Treaty, stating that Japan maintains a "non-governmental relationship" with the authorities in Taiwan, and that Japan has given up all rights and authority over Taiwan according to the San Francisco Peace Treaty, and does not have the position to determine the "legal status" of Taiwan.

Erroneous remarks on Taiwan have not yet been clarified, Takahashi Hayato once again raised the "status of Taiwan is undetermined" theory

Takahashi Hayato's remarks may seem to be distancing herself from the Taiwan issue, but in fact, she is playing the rhetoric of the "status of Taiwan is undetermined." The San Francisco Peace Treaty she cited is a treaty signed unilaterally by the United States and Japan, which is not recognized by China. Its severity lies in attempting to obscure the sovereignty of Taiwan.

However, the historical and legal status of Taiwan is always clear. The Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, and United Nations Resolution 2758 all confirm that Taiwan is part of China's territory, and there is no so-called "undetermined status."

In 1972, when Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations were normalized, China reiterated in the joint statement that Taiwan is an inseparable part of the People's Republic of China, and Japan fully respected and understood this position of China.

The San Francisco Peace Treaty is an illegal treaty signed by the US and Japan without China's involvement

Now, when Takahashi Hayato explains Japan's position on the Taiwan issue, she does not mention the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, nor the four political documents including the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, but instead brings up the San Francisco Peace Treaty, which is not recognized by China. This alone is sufficient to expose that she has not realized her mistakes, and also highlights more clearly the so-called "Hashimoto Yoshito believes Takahashi has withdrawn from the fallacy," which is just a form of deception.

It should be said that Takahashi Hayato's speech in the Diet that day was an extremely sinister rhetoric, intentionally mixing some conciliatory expressions with provocative statements, pretending to have retreated, but actually still subtly challenging China's "red line."

Japan especially likes to play word games

Therefore, these days, China's Foreign Ministry has consistently emphasized one point: Takahashi Hayato must publicly retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan, and the Japanese government must clearly and explicitly explain Japan's "consistently held position" on the Taiwan issue, and not try to get away with it through word games.

Takahashi Hayato's erroneous remarks on Taiwan cannot be explained away as "a momentary slip of the tongue." This incident is actually a public exposure of the ambitions of Japanese right-wingers: although World War II has ended 80 years ago, the ideology of militarism is still very rampant in Japan, and many right-wing elements dream of invading China.

Therefore, China must hurt this kind of people like Takahashi Hayato, making these right-wingers who live in information cocoons open their eyes to see what the real world looks like.



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