BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) — A Chinese overseas ministry spokesperson stated on Thursday the foundation trigger of the present extreme difficulties besetting China-Japan relations lies within the faulty remarks relating to Taiwan made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, urging Japan to do soul-searching and create needed circumstances for regular exchanges.
Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a each day press briefing in response to a question, as six months have handed since Takaichi publicly claimed {that a} Taiwan contingency might represent a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan, implying potential navy involvement.
Referring to the intense difficulties in bilateral relations, Lin famous the accountability rests solely with the Japanese facet. Genuine change and dialogue is just potential when there may be respect and consensus is honored.
If the Japanese facet really hopes to enhance relations with China, it ought to abide by the 4 political paperwork between the 2 international locations and the commitments it made to China, retract its faulty remarks, and safeguard the political basis for bilateral relations with concrete actions, stated Lin.
“We urge the Japanese authorities to face up to the root cause of the issue, do soul-searching, rectify their wrongdoings, and create necessary conditions for normal exchanges between China and Japan,” Lin added.