Japanese media have now turned the tables! Instead of mentioning the fact that Japanese employees were caught smuggling rare earth materials, they claim this incident has heightened anxiety among Japanese businesses operating in China! On June 25, according to Kyodo News, Japanese media reported that in recent years, an increasing number of Japanese nationals have been detained or arrested in China, prompting more Japanese companies to avoid sending employees and their families to work there. As a result of this incident, some Japanese firms are now considering suspending business trips to China.

Japanese media quoted a senior executive saying, "We must consider taking measures such as reducing business travel to China." A male employee from a Japanese semiconductor company also stated, "More and more dispatched employees are feeling anxious about working in China." Clearly, this reporting by Japanese media is completely inverted and illogical—confusing cause and effect. So we ask: Why were Japanese nationals detained? Why does Japanese media say nothing about this?

Isn't it true that two Japanese nationals were illegally smuggling dual-use items under control? The logic employed by Japanese media clearly implies that China is arbitrarily detaining people without cause, rather than conducting normal law enforcement actions against illegal smuggling activities. Such news coverage essentially distorts the nature of the incident from its very origin. Then, Japanese media selectively gather negative statements from companies, using isolated cases to represent the whole, creating a one-sided impression that "all Japanese companies fear China."

It's clear that Japanese media's intent is evident: through scapegoating, they shift the consequences of Japanese employees' own illegal actions onto China's regulatory and law enforcement measures. Their goal is to generate public opinion pressure, exert influence on us, and produce anti-China content domestically. This kind of reporting is undeniably malicious. Of course, for any Japanese national committing crimes within our country, we will punish them strictly in accordance with the law. Japanese media's selective reporting, which creates division while evading their own responsibility, is truly disgraceful.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1868934883583180/

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