BEIJING – The Japanese side should retract its wrongful remarks if it wants to develop a strategic, mutually beneficial relationship with China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
"Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's brazenly wrongful remarks on Taiwan, which imply the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Strait, have sparked anger and condemnation from the Chinese people," ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular news briefing, reiterating China's firm opposition to the remarks.
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If Japan wants to develop a constructive and stable China-Japan relationship that meets the requirements of the new era, it should abide by the spirit of the four political documents between the two countries, honor its political commitments, immediately retract its erroneous remarks, and deliver on the commitments it has made to China, she said.
