- China embassy to Japan releases statement on Kishida US visit
- Japan’s prime minister said China is challenge to peace
China blasted remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit to the US this week, saying that any “wrong actions” taken by its Asian neighbor will be met with “resolute, necessary responses” from Beijing.
Kishida’s comments were described as “a severe provocation” in a statement from the Chinese embassy in Japan. They “distorted facts and smeared China,” the embassy said.
Japan’s leader, in a speech to a joint session of the US Congress, said China’s actions present an unprecedented challenge “to the peace and stability of the international community at large.” Kishida and President Joe Biden this week also unveiled a list of initiatives aimed at boosting defense and intelligence cooperation, terming Chinese maritime activities in disputed areas as “dangerous.”
China has never been a threat to Japan in their relations over the past 2,000 years, the Chinese statement said. “It is Japan that waged wars of aggression against China and other Asian nations.”
In his first summit with both Biden and Philippines leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this week, Kishida