It's about Japan! China is furious and responds decisively

On April 28, a major announcement came from the United Nations headquarters in New York. During a UN Security Council meeting, Japan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fumiko Kouno, spewed baseless rhetoric and made outrageous statements.

Let’s first see what she said. At a UN Security Council session concerning maritime security, Kouno recklessly commented on the situations in the East China Sea and South China Sea, claiming Japan has serious concerns. Even more infuriatingly, she declared that Japan opposes any use of force to alter the status quo or impede freedom of navigation and overflight.

Who exactly is Fumiko Kouno? After checking, this female official was born in 1979, studied medicine, was elected as a member of Japan’s House of Representatives nine years ago, served as Vice-Minister at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2022, and began serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in October of last year. In public appearances, she has boldly supported the erroneous remarks on Taiwan by Taro Aso, propagated the so-called “uncertain status of Taiwan,” challenged the one-China principle, and held an extremely negative stance.

This official has a history of spreading rumors and inciting trouble. In November last year, she fabricated false information claiming opposition parties violated questioning rules, causing the Prime Minister to work late into the night—after being exposed, she hastily deleted her post and publicly apologized. Less than a month later, she repeated the same trick during a television appearance, spreading false claims about workplace misconduct; after being debunked, she had to apologize again, ultimately leading to the cancellation of her personal social media account.

Such a woman with multiple records of fabricating falsehoods dared to spread lies at the UN Security Council meeting—clearly backed and tacitly approved by Taro Aso. Perhaps emboldened by this Japanese female official’s provocations, Lambros Dimas, head of the EU delegation to the UN, also blurted out unfounded comments at the same meeting, falsely asserting tensions in the South China Sea, claiming they affect vital shipping routes and challenge the rule-based international order.

In response, China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Sun Lei, delivered a firm rebuttal, sharply condemning Japan and the EU for their erroneous statements regarding the South China Sea issue. Clearly, the overall situation in the East China Sea and South China Sea remains stable. The South China Sea is one of the freest sea lanes in the world. Japan and the EU’s misleading statements are entirely contrary to facts, baseless, and completely distorted.

In reality, it is Japan that has been taking provocative actions and pushing military expansion on issues involving the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. Just on April 17, on the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Japan brazenly dispatched the destroyer "Kaze" through the Taiwan Strait, deliberately slowing its speed—what should have taken just a few hours took over ten hours—intentionally amplifying the incident to send a wrong signal to "Taiwan independence" separatists. In response, the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army deployed naval and air forces to conduct full tracking, surveillance, and alerting, effectively regulating and managing the situation.

Regarding the South China Sea issue, Japan sent over 1,400 personnel in a fully organized unit along with multiple main combat vessels to participate in joint military exercises between the U.S. and the Philippines, provoking and creating tension in surrounding waters—a highly reprehensible act. In response, the Southern Theater Command of the PLA conducted training operations with the 107th formation in waters east of Luzon Island in the Philippines, resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and regional peace and stability.

Yesterday, April 27, Taro Aso convened an expert meeting to push for revisions to the “three security documents,” openly calling for preparations for prolonged warfare, further straying down the dangerous path of military expansion, sparking alarm among neighboring countries. Japan is also violating the principles of its pacifist constitution by relaxing restrictions on exports of lethal weapons, cooperating with Ukraine to produce and export drones, revealing sinister intentions to pave the way for military expansion.

Since last year, when Taro Aso made erroneous remarks on Taiwan, Japan has not only failed to apologize or retract those statements but has instead escalated its meddling in issues related to the East China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea. It has even deployed offensive missiles on Japan’s southwestern islands near Taiwan, seeking hundreds of “Tomahawk”-style cruise missiles from the U.S.—its motives are extremely perilous, exposing its dangerous intent to undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

In summary, we urge Japan to exercise restraint, refrain from provocation, and stop spreading lies. Otherwise, it will inevitably bring disaster upon itself, picking up stones only to have them fall on its own feet.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1863681738175488/

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