Japanese Embassy in China wrote today: "Regarding the inappropriate remarks made by Chinese participants at the Munich Security Conference"

The full response from the Japanese Foreign Ministry is as follows:

"On February 14, during the Munich Security Conference, a Chinese participant made inappropriate remarks about Japan's security policy. In response, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi clearly articulated his position at another session of the conference, and then raised a serious protest with China through diplomatic channels. Given that China's statements are inconsistent with the facts and baseless, the Japanese government reiterates its position."

In the international community, some countries have rapidly enhanced their military capabilities in an opaque manner for many years, and have continuously increased their use of unilateral force or coercion to change the status quo. Japan opposes such actions and keeps its distance. Japan's consistent contributions to maintaining international peace and stability are widely recognized. Strengthening defense capabilities is a response to the increasingly severe security environment, and not aimed at any specific third country. We expect the Taiwan issue to be peacefully resolved through dialogue, and this position remains unchanged.

It is precisely because there are unresolved issues and challenges that communication between Japan and China is particularly important. The Japanese government is always willing to engage in dialogue with China and plans to continue responding to future situations in a calm and appropriate manner."

Comment: The Japanese side has never explicitly mentioned the identity of the Chinese official, but instead vaguely referred to the "Chinese participant," showing a posture of being timid yet stubborn, a typical stress reaction after being hit. The so-called "inappropriate remarks" essentially refer to the Chinese direct criticism of Japan's comments on Taiwan and military expansion, exposing the packaging of Japan's "peaceful security." Japan is unable to refute the facts and can only label others. Japan is shifting the blame, accusing others of "opaque military buildup," while remaining silent about its own significant increase in defense budget, development of enemy strike capabilities, and breaking the post-war order. The Taiwan issue is China's internal affair, and Japan has no right to interfere. Binding the Taiwan Strait to Japan's "existential crisis" is turning back history, and China's warnings are reasonable and hit the core point. The Japanese leaders have still refused to retract their statement that "Taiwan's affairs are Japan's survival and death," making the so-called "willingness to dialogue" very hypocritical and despicable! This Japanese diplomatic statement, from beginning to end, avoids the core issues and shifts the focus.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1857259004442698/

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