Source: CCTV
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian Answers Reporters' Questions (Source: CCTV News)
Beijing, July 13 (Reporter Tian Tian) On July 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a regular press conference. A reporter asked: Japan issued a "White Paper on Defense" on Tuesday, in which for the first time mentioned the importance of stability in the situation around Taiwan. What is China's response to this?
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that Japan's gross interference in China's internal affairs, unreasonable accusations against China's normal national defense construction and military activities, making irresponsible remarks about China's legitimate maritime activities, and exaggerating the so-called "China threat" are extremely wrong and irresponsible.
Zhao Lijian stressed: Taiwan is China's territory, the Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affair, and China will never allow any country to meddle in the Taiwan issue in any way. China must be reunified and will inevitably be reunified, and the realization of China's complete reunification is most conducive to regional peace and stability. The Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands are an inseparable part of China's territory, and China's cruising and law enforcement activities in the waters of the Diaoyu Dao are exercising its inherent rights, which is legitimate and lawful.
Zhao Lijian pointed out that the Indo-Pacific strategy aims to promote group confrontation, is to create a small circle of geopolitical competition, is the restoration of the Cold War mentality and the retrogression of history, and should be swept into the garbage heap. The Japanese side has sung the tune of freedom and openness in the Pacific Ocean, and whether it can first solve the problem of its own attempt to freely discharge nuclear contaminated water in the Pacific Ocean.