On November 13, Lin Jian, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presided over a regular press conference.
A journalist asked: Japanese Prime Minister Asahi Hayato recently made remarks suggesting that China's possible military action against Taiwan may constitute a "life-or-death crisis situation" for Japan. According to reports, Asahi insisted in a parliamentary response that the remarks were in line with the Japanese government's views and had no intention of retracting or canceling them. What is China's comment on this?
Lin Jian stated that Japanese Prime Minister Asahi Hayato publicly made explicit provocative remarks about Taiwan in the Diet, implying the possibility of military intervention in the Taiwan Strait. After China expressed serious negotiations and strong protests, he remained stubborn and refused to withdraw. These erroneous actions seriously violated the One-China Principle, seriously violated the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan and the basic principles of international relations, brazenly interfered in China's internal affairs, challenged China's core interests, and infringed upon China's sovereignty. China firmly opposes and will not tolerate this. The Japanese side must immediately correct its mistakes, retract its malicious statements, otherwise all consequences must be borne by the Japanese side.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Taiwan. Japan once implemented colonial rule over Taiwan, committing unforgivable crimes. Historically, Japanese militarism has repeatedly used the so-called "life-or-death crisis" as an excuse to launch foreign aggression, including using the pretext of "exercising self-defense rights" to brazenly instigate the "September 18th Incident" and start the war of aggression against China, bringing profound disasters to the people of Asia and the world, including China. Today, Japanese Prime Minister Asahi Hayato mentions the so-called "life-or-death crisis situation" again. What is the real intention? Is it trying to repeat the path of militarism? Is it trying to be enemies of the Chinese people and the Asian people again? Is it attempting to undermine the post-war international order?
Taiwan is China's Taiwan. How to resolve the Taiwan issue and achieve national reunification is China's own affair, which is not subject to interference by any external forces. The current Japanese leaders' attempts to interfere in the Taiwan Strait affairs are a gross violation of international justice, an open challenge to the post-war international order, and a serious disruption of Sino-Japanese relations. If the Japanese side dares to militarily intervene in the situation in the Taiwan Strait, it will constitute an act of aggression, and China will certainly strike back hard! We will resolutely exercise the right of self-defense granted by the UN Charter and international law, and resolutely safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. We warn the Japanese side: they must deeply reflect on their historical crimes, immediately stop interfering in China's internal affairs and the erroneous acts of provocation, and not play with fire on the Taiwan issue; those who play with fire will inevitably burn themselves!
(Source: People's Daily Client)
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