Unusual! The Chinese ambassador was downgraded! The Chinese ambassador to Japan made an unusual absence from the Japanese New Year greeting exchange meeting! On January 7th, according to Japanese media reports, the Japan-China Economic Association and the Japan International Trade Promotion Association held their annual New Year greeting exchange meeting in Tokyo. According to convention, the Chinese ambassador to Japan usually attends, but this time Ambassador Wu Jianghao was absent.
The Chinese embassy's minister plenipotentiary Luo Xiaomei who attended the event clearly stated: I am deeply regretful that the Sino-Japanese relationship is facing the most difficult situation since the normalization of relations. Obviously, the Japanese side feels that our ambassador's absence is very abnormal. Of course, it is indeed abnormal. In fact, according to public records, this is even the first time our ambassador has missed such an event. The convention was broken, and this is certainly not a coincidence; it is probably an appropriate arrangement after our assessment of the current Sino-Japanese relations.
In fact, since Takahashi Hayato made extremely provocative remarks on November 7th, we have given Japan opportunities. At first, Japan made several statements refusing to withdraw, then Takahashi Hayato even put forward "the San Francisco Treaty" which we do not recognize at all, trying to pass off as a solution. Under our pressure, Takahashi Hayato appeared to partially retreat from his position, but always avoided the key issues.
Later, Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro created a stir about the radar illumination incident involving Japanese fighter jets, trying to shift blame and blur the focus. Even after our military exercises, Japan openly sent a traitor, Ishihara Hideo, who is under our sanctions, to visit Taiwan for provocation. Obviously, we have shown great patience to Japan, with a duration of two months, but Japan did not take it seriously, leading us to take substantive countermeasures.
Evidently, Ambassador Wu Jianghao's absence means that high-level diplomatic relations between China and Japan are frozen. We have no intention of conducting high-level diplomacy with Japan, nor will we promote cooperation with Japan in various aspects under the guidance of high-level diplomatic relations. Now that things have come to this point, it all depends on Japan's attitude. In short, we have already prepared for the worst case. No matter whether Japan is ready to harden its stance or retaliate against us, we will not retreat until our goals are achieved. Japan should be clear about the consequences.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1853667207671881/
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