In 2019, then-Japanese Prime Minister Abe (pictured left) invited Xi Jinping to visit Japan, but the trip in question has so far been unrealized.
The Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has postponed his visit to Japan for more than a year, will not visit Japan this year either, ostensibly because China and Japan are still dealing with the Wuhan pneumonia Epidemic, and also because of the CCP’s poor performance in dealing with issues such as Hong Kong and Xinjiang. The newspaper quoted Japanese officials as saying that next year, “the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan”, whether Xi Jinping can visit Japan depends on the performance of the Chinese Communist Party.
The report said that, in addition to not seeing when the epidemic will calm down, the Chinese Communist Party’s behavior is also the main reason to hinder Xi Jinping’s visit to Japan. The Chinese Communist Party’s maritime police ships have been in the waters around the Diaoyu Islands since last year and have been tailing Japanese fishing boats, and have amended the Maritime Police Law to allow the use of force in conflicts with foreign vessels, all leading to an increase in the situation in the East China Sea.
The report also said that the Chinese Communist Party has bigger problems in human rights, especially the Beijing authorities implemented the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, arresting democrats and persecuting Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, and the international community is looking at China more and more harshly.
The Sankei Shimbun believes that under such circumstances, if Japan asks Xi Jinping to visit Japan as a state guest, it is likely to send a wrong message to the outside world that “Japan acquiesces to the CCP’s practices”.
Another important reason is that if Xi Jinping is to visit Japan as a state guest, he should meet with Japanese Emperor Tokujin, which can only be done in a welcoming atmosphere for Japanese people; however, a poll released by the Japanese Cabinet Office in February showed that 77.3 percent of Japanese people said they have “no good feelings toward the CCP.
Senior Japanese officials were quoted as saying that it is impossible to invite Japan to visit Japan as a state guest this year, and that whether Xi Jinping can visit Japan next year, the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, will depend on the performance of the CCP.
Xi Jinping has never paid a state visit to Japan since he took power in 2012, and in June 2019, he was invited by then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Japan as a state guest during the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Osaka, Japan. However, Xi’s visit to Japan was repeatedly postponed due to the sovereignty dispute over the Diaoyu Sea and the impact of Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong’s anti-China movement and the outbreak of the epidemic. Japan has said that if the national security law is passed, it may affect Xi Jinping’s visit to Japan.
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