Recently, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed in the audit documents of the International Exchange Foundation published on its official website in previous years that Chinese writer Jiang Fangzhou and others had received funding from the Japanese side. The incident subsequently attracted the attention of Chinese netizens, and Jiang Fangzhou and others were also questioned by some netizens about "doing propaganda for Japan in China".
On June 8, netizens posted that Jiang Fangzhou had appeared in a documentary broadcast by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) last July about issues such as the "system" in the era of the epidemic, and the interview clip quickly attracted public attention.
In response to this documentary clip, Jiang Fangzhou was interviewed by the Observer Network on the 8th. She said that the Japanese media did not present the interview in its entirety.
Jiang Fangzhou previously showed the health code in an interview with NHK, pictured from NHK
Jiang said NHK's interview with her lasted about 40 minutes to an hour. During the period, she talked about her life during the epidemic, her creation, donations and materials to her hometown, and China's effective control of the epidemic prevention process, including the use of a series of technical means such as health codes. But the show only intercepted a short segment.
In addition, in the interview, the host tried to guide her to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of China's system, and used words such as "authoritarian" and "coercive means". In this regard, she first denied this premise, and believed that it was not objective and arbitrary to define it as "authoritarian" in an extraordinary state, and then in the interview there were statements such as "this kind of arbitrariness of thinking is dangerous".
Jiang Fangzhou also said that during the epidemic period, the focus of her life and work is to cooperate with the fight against the epidemic, in addition to donating money and materials, she also wrote a handwritten letter to encourage wuhan students to feel at ease with the college entrance examination. In the future, she will continue to work on this.
Previously, Jiang Fangzhou No. 7 had responded through pictures on Weibo that "this exchange (to Japan) is an open and normal cultural exchange, and hereby declares."
This morning (8th), she once again made a detailed response, saying that "Japan has committed crimes in World War II and has not apologized so far, which is unforgivable and beyond doubt." She also clarified that any additional costs other than living research expenses were confiscated during the day.
Jiang Fangzhou finally said that during the exchange in Japan, I also saw a complex aspect of society, and observed the social problems of Japan's old and young children, the lack of vitality and even psychological distortion of Japanese young people, and the objectification and suppression of women in Japanese society, which were recorded in the book.
"I respect the netizens who speak out for the country, I believe that misunderstandings will always pass, and I sincerely wish the motherland and hope that the country will get better and better."
Jiang Fangzhou responded to public opinion questions on the morning of the 8th Picture from Weibo
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