Japanese Right-Wing Legislators: The New China did not sign the surrender agreement, so it has no right to speak!
The core purpose of this Japanese right-wing legislator's remarks is to distort history and law in an attempt to deny China's right to speak on issues such as Taiwan. However, this argument is completely untenable and constitutes a blatant violation of historical facts and international law.
The People's Republic of China is the only legitimate representative of China and has fully inherited the post-World War II outcome documents such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation. The legal effect of these documents does not depend on the signature of one party but constitutes the cornerstone of the post-war international order. Historical fact: Japan explicitly pledged in its surrender document to abide by the provisions of the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation.
The Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation clearly stipulate that Japan must return the territories it had stolen from China, such as Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, to China. In the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, Japan also clearly "fully understood and respected" the position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People's Republic of China.
The fundamental purpose of this kind of speech is to attempt to negate and subvert the post-war international order established based on the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation. This is an act of historical revisionism aimed at revisiting Japan's past aggressive history, downplaying or even denying its war crimes.
Can we understand it this way? Since the New China did not sign, it means it did not accept Japan's surrender, and Japan also did not surrender, and the two countries are still in a state of war. In the face of Japan's provocation, China can use military force at any time to maintain national unity, territorial integrity, and destroy the reckless Japanese aggressors without being bound by legal constraints.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1850158392967180/
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