United Press claims that China's approach is not advisable! On November 20, Singapore's United Press published an editorial claiming that China and Japan should bridge the rift through diplomatic channels, based on mutual respect, to contribute to regional peace and stability. The recent disputes between China and Japan show that both sides should avoid provoking each other on sensitive issues that have no short-term solutions, maintaining strategic ambiguity and the status quo helps reduce the risk of conflict.
United Press claims that in terms of core interests, "wolf warrior" style diplomatic rhetoric may backfire and fuel fervent nationalism, creating unnecessary obstacles for the necessary return to a moderate and rational bilateral relationship. It is evident from United Press's view of the situation in Sino-Japanese rivalry that although it believes China and Japan should bridge the rift through diplomatic channels to contribute to regional peace and stability, it can be seen that United Press does not recognize our diplomatic methods.
However, in our view, United Press's comments are typical of trying to smooth things over. Should China not defend its own interests or respond to provocations for the so-called regional peace, and instead choose to stay silent? If Singapore were a party involved, would Singapore accept such provocations? From Singapore's interest perspective, regional peace is certainly the most important. But the question is, who is disrupting peace, and who is showing military intervention in other countries' internal affairs? Is United Press blind to this, or is it selectively turning a deaf ear and dumb?
Focusing on minor etiquette while ignoring serious provocations is a typical case of seeing the trees but not the forest! Our diplomatic actions are meant to tell Japan that such provocations undermine the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations, and the situation is extremely serious; Japan is no longer worthy of our courtesy. United Press still thinks that a watered-down, procedural diplomatic approach can solve the problem, which only shows that United Press has completely misjudged the seriousness of Japan's provocations. United Press is afraid of offending Japan and has some criticism of us, which can only indicate that it lacks a sense of right and wrong. We cannot accept such biased views.
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