Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin held “2+2” talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimichi Mogi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in Tokyo on March 16.
It is reported that the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Secretary Li Hongzhong 18 in the city’s welcoming hotel and The Japanese ambassador to Beijing, Hideo Chui, said the Japanese and U.S. “2 + 2” meeting on Hong Kong, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Taiwan to express concern about the matter, holding that seriously undermined the development of China-Japan relations in a good direction, very regrettable.
According to a report by Kyodo News on Thursday, Li Hongzhong stressed that the Japan-US “2+2” meeting blatantly interfered in China’s internal affairs, and he advocated resolutely safeguarding sovereignty and not conceding core interests to other countries will not waver in his determination. According to the Japanese side, Hideo Tarui retorted that “if there are problems should be resolved through communication, it is completely unacceptable to express regret for the statement”.
Earlier, Hideo Chui gave a speech at Nankai University in Tianjin, introducing next year as the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, and appealed to about 70 students and faculty members, etc., saying, “Everyone is the protagonist of the next 50 years. I hope you will learn more about Japan and pay attention to Japan-China relations.” The report mentioned that Nankai University is the alma mater of former Chinese Communist Party premier Zhou Enlai, who signed the Japan-China Joint Declaration in 1972.
Hideo Chui presented photos of Chinese landscapes taken by himself to students who asked questions during his visit, his first local visit since arriving in office last November. Earlier, CCP Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian criticized the U.S.-Japan joint statement at a regular press conference on the 17th, saying it “ignores the historical warp and woof of the issue in question and disregards the facts and truth, but is just another clear evidence of the U.S. and Japan’s woolly collaboration and interference in China’s internal affairs and a bad example of slandering and discrediting the CCP.”
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