In talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday, Wang reiterated that the stabbing was an “accidental and individual” case.
“China will investigate and handle the case in accordance with the law, and will, as always, ensure the safety of all foreign nationals in China … while the Japanese side should see the case in a calm and rational manner, avoiding politicisation and amplification,” Wang stated, in line with China’s overseas ministry.
The assault final Wednesday, by which a boy was stabbed whereas on his strategy to his Japanese college, has widened division between the 2 nations, that are at odds over long-standing points equivalent to wartime historical past and territorial disputes, in addition to Japan’s growing alignment with the US.
It was the second assault in opposition to a Japanese pupil in China inside three months, and has ignited a wave of anger in Japan that critics blamed on anti-Japanese sentiment in China by means of the schooling system and state-controlled media.