Preface
In China's history, there were some people who, for their own selfish interests, betrayed the motherland, took refuge in the enemy, and committed traitorous acts, and were spurned and despised by the people.
There are many of these shameful figures, the most well-known of which are Wang Jingwei, Zhou Fohai, Wang Kemin, Chen Bijun, Zhang Jinghui, etc.
With the support of Japan, they established a puppet regime to serve Japan's war of aggression and brutally suppress and persecute the Chinese people against Japan.
They did not hesitate to sell their land, resources, and even their compatriots in exchange for Japan's rewards and protection. What they did made them the most despicable traitors in Chinese history, and also made them the public enemies of the people of the world.
After the founding of New China, Japan not only arranged a number of spies on the mainland, but also developed some Chinese in high positions into traitors, and they became spies.
Recently, a Chinese professor was also exposed to his traitorous behavior, which caused widespread concern and indignation in society.
The mainland is also actively cracking down on and finding out traitors, and one of the cases is Yuan Keqin.
Yuan Keqin, formerly the director of the Institute of Japanese Studies at Beijing University of Foreign Chinese, has studied and worked in Japan for many years, and is considered one of the most authoritative experts on Japanese issues in China.
However, he chose to engage in espionage activities in Japan, provided Japan with important information on China, and also gave lectures in China, instilling pro-Japanese ideas in the Chinese people and justifying Japan's aggression and colonization.
When his crimes were discovered, he was arrested by the state security organs, paying the price for what he had done.
However, Japan supported Yuan Keqin, demanded that China release him, and linked Yuan Keqin's case to China's human rights and rule of law, in an attempt to exert pressure on China and interfere in China's internal affairs.
1. Yuan Keqin's background and experience
Yuan Keqin is a well-known historian whose life and growth are inseparable from history.
He was born in Changchun, Jilin Province in 1950, and as he grew up, he saw the changes in the country and society with his own eyes.
His hometown, Changchun, is a city with a long history and profound culture, but it is also a place that has experienced wars and hardships.
Yuan Keqin's parents were intellectuals, who did technical work in state-owned enterprises and contributed a lot to the construction of the country. He also received a good education at an early age and developed a keen interest in history.
He loves to read history books, collect historical materials, go to historical attractions, and solve historical mysteries.
Later, Yuan Keqin was admitted to the history department of Jilin University and began his history Xi journey.
During his university years, he learned Xi all aspects of Chinese history and world history, learned to do historical research, and accumulated a lot of rich historical knowledge and experience.
Originally, a native of Jilin, who grew up in the invaded northeastern region, should have a strong hatred for Japan, but what people did not expect was that in the process of studying Xi history, especially in the process of studying Sino-Japanese relations, he inexplicably had a good impression of Japan.
In 1973, Yuan Keqin ended his history teaching career at Jilin University and decided to study in Japan in search of a higher academic level. He passed the entrance exam to the Faculty of Law of Shaozhou University and became a graduate student at the university.
At this time, Yuan Keqin's fate took a major turn. His identity and background attracted the attention and interest of Japanese intelligence agencies, hoping to develop Yuan Keqin into an object and tool that could be exploited.
Unlike when he first came to a new environment, Yuan Keqin quickly adapted to his Xi life in Japan with his intelligence.
He has established friendly relationships with classmates from different countries and regions, and they learn from each other's Xi and communicate with each other. In addition, his Japanese language skills have continued to improve, reaching the point where he can communicate fluently with Japanese people, read and understand Japanese books and articles.
In the Xi atmosphere of Japan, Yuan Keqin gradually discovered a unique aesthetic thought, which he found to have important inspiration for his study of history.
At this time, Yuan Keqin began to re-examine and interpret Chinese history and culture from the perspective of Japanese aesthetics. He also gradually embraced Japanese cultural ideas.
He believed that Japanese culture and scholarship had an advanced and superior status, and gradually forgot his national roots and historical responsibilities.
During his study life in Japan, he was unconsciously attracted and influenced by Japanese culture and scholarship, and embarked on a path far from his own country and nation.
In four years, Yuan Keqin overcame various difficulties and successfully completed his LLM studies. He received his master's degree certificate and felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.
At this time, Yuan Keqin thought about returning to his motherland and his alma mater. He wants to bring back the knowledge and experience he has learned in Japan to China and contribute to the development and innovation of Chinese history.
After he applied to Jilin University, Jilin University readily agreed. He soon became a teacher in the history department of Jilin University, imparting his knowledge and wisdom to generations of students.
During his teaching days at the university, Yuan Keqin took advantage of his study and research in Japan to carry out a series of academic research on East Asian history and Sino-Japanese relations, and achieved a number of valuable academic results.
He has published a number of innovative and influential academic papers in well-known academic journals at home and abroad, demonstrating his profound knowledge and unique insights in this field.
These papers have been highly praised and affirmed by experts at home and abroad, and he has also won the respect and recognition of the academic community.
Soon, Yuan Keqin's position and status in the Department of History of Jilin University increased, and he also successfully gained a foothold in China.
However, the next thing that happened involved Yuan Keqin in a stormy sea.
On a spring day one year, Yuan Keqin was invited to give an academic report at the School of International Relations of a university in Northeast China. This is his first appearance in large public since returning to China.
His speech quickly attracted the attention of many teachers, students and the media.
Everyone wants to know what kind of views and attitudes this historian who once studied in Japan has on Sino-Japanese relations.
However, to the shock and outrage of all attendees, Yuan Keqin made some pro-Japanese remarks during his speech:
We should not use negative terms like 'aggression against China' to describe Japan's actions in China, which will deepen the hatred between the two peoples and be detrimental to reconciliation. At that time, Japan was also forced to do so, and it can be said that it was a last resort. ”
He not only denied Japan's crime of invading China, but also beautified Japan's history and culture, and even held that Japan was the leader and role model in Asia.
He called on the Chinese people to learn from Japan's Xi, give up their hostility and hatred toward Japan, and establish friendly and cooperative relations with Japan.
His rhetoric was full of admiration and servility for Japan.
Yuan Keqin's remarks about betraying the country not only caused an uproar at the scene, but also quickly fermented on the Internet.
Some teachers and students in the audience questioned and refuted his fallacies on the spot, and shouted slogans demanding that he step down and apologize.
It is undoubtedly a terrible phenomenon that a highly educated intellectual should make pro-Japanese remarks. I didn't expect Japan to poison the thinking of a Chinese so deeply?
Could it be that Yuan Keqin had forgotten that his hometown was the northeast? This land, which had been invaded by the Japanese army, actually gave birth to a sharp knife that pierced it.
Yuan Keqin faced great pressure and had to choose to deal with the matter in a low-key manner. originally thought that he should keep to himself, but he didn't expect that just a year later, he was criticized again for making pro-Japanese remarks.
This time, the relevant departments also intervened in the matter.
And Yuan Keqin's true identity gradually surfaced.
It turned out that when Yuan Keqin was living in Japan, he was already deliberately contacting the mainland's military and political management personnel, and then he leaked relevant information to Japan, causing great damage to the mainland's national security.
Not only that, when Yuan Keqin returned to China many times, he was not idle, but gave one lecture after another, instilling pro-Japanese ideas in the audience and distorting the history of the mainland's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
However, before Yuan Keqin's speech was exposed, he had already been targeted by the mainland's national security organs, and was silently collecting relevant evidence in an attempt to catch it all.
Until 2019, when Yuan Keqin, who was discovered and didn't know it, was monitored by the relevant working group as soon as he got off the plane when he returned to China for funeral.
After Yuan Keqin attended the funeral, when he went to a certain military base on the mainland to secretly take pictures, the relevant departments of the mainland immediately arrested him.
Subsequently, the authorities searched his luggage and found multiple records of his communications with the Japanese intelligence agencies and instructions given to him by the Japanese side.
The evidence is conclusive, and Yuan Keqin wants to deny it.
However, when Yuan's case was finalized, his son Yuan Chengji, who was far away in Japan, tried to put pressure on the Chinese government through public opinion to release Yuan.
In addition, the Japanese government instigated the media and academic circles to support Yuan Keqin, claiming that he was an innocent scholar and a victim of academic freedom, and demanded his release.
Japan is also threatening the mainland with the rupture of Sino-Japanese relations, and what makes this writer feel strange is that China is no longer the country it was a hundred years ago, and for many years the mainland's military and international strength has attracted worldwide attention.
What qualifications does Japan have to make a request to the mainland?
At that time, Japan was like a clown who tried to meddle in the internal affairs of the mainland, but we quickly collected evidence and publicized his crimes when we sternly refused to release him.
The author wants to ask, is Yuan Keqin really from the Northeast?