Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers’ meeting on the 22nd that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is invading from inconspicuous places, and that the situation will become more serious once Taiwan is reddened. In response, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian responded on the 23rd, claiming that the Japanese side’s statement was “a lie”.
According to comprehensive media reports, on the evening of 22nd, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at a meeting of LDP lawmakers about China’s activities around the Diaoyu Islands, “The Chinese Communist Party is carrying out aggression step by step in an inconspicuous way, and eventually causing a situation that will change the whole situation. Japan will definitely not allow this to happen.”
In response, Zhao Lijian, at a regular press conference held by the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Ministry on the 23rd, responded with dissatisfaction claiming, “Such remarks are completely credulous and extremely irresponsible; misleading public opinion. How can the Japanese people look at China’s development in an objective and rational manner? How can they build confidence in Sino-Japanese relations?” , Zhao Lijian also repeated Xi Jinping’s recent Boao Conference speech, “China will never claim hegemony, no matter how far it develops.”
Nobuo Kishi also mentioned Taiwan in his speech on the 22nd, saying, “If Taiwan goes red, the situation will change significantly.” He again reiterated the spirit of the joint statement of the U.S.-Japan summit held recently, hoping that the problems across the Taiwan Strait could be resolved peacefully.
Zhao Lijian, on the other hand, repeated the old refrain that “the Taiwan issue is purely an internal Chinese affair, and China will never allow any country to interfere in any way.” He also concluded by choking, “Immediately stop slandering China [the Chinese Communist Party] with rumors and do not go further and further down the wrong path.”
According to reports, the U.S.-China Alaska dialogue was preceded by a 2+2 meeting between the U.S. and Japan, which resulted in strong statements on the Taiwan Strait issue, as well as China’s expansion in the South and East China Seas, followed by a succession of strong statements from Japan on the aforementioned issues. At the U.S.-Japan summit held at the White House recently, Biden and the Japanese Prime Minister again reiterated their positions on the South China Sea, East China Sea and Taiwan issues, and reiterated their serious concerns about human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
The Japanese side has changed its traditional cautious attitude toward the Chinese Communist Party’s diplomacy, which has triggered serious discontent from the Chinese Communist Party, but the Japanese side has not the slightest intention to change its hard-line attitude.
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