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China has taken its growing dispute with Japan to the United Nations, alleging tokyo Threatening “armed intervention” taiwan And vowed to defend himself in the strongest language yet in the two-week-old dispute.
Japani Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi When he said the Chinese attack was a “grave violation of international law and diplomatic norms” taiwan Military response may begin from tokyo, ChinaUN Ambassador Fu Kang wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday.
According to a statement, Fu wrote, “If Japan dares to attempt armed intervention in the cross-Strait situation, it would be an act of aggression.” ChinaA mission of. ,China “It will resolutely exercise its right to self-defense under the UN Charter and international law and firmly defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
The biggest bilateral crisis in years
Beijing ideas are governed democratically taiwan as their own territory and have not ruled out the use of force to take control of the island. taiwanThe government rejects BeijingClaims and says that only the people of the island can decide their future.
Japan’s Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office could not immediately be reached Saturday for comment on Fu’s letter, which is the harshest criticism of Takachi yet from a senior Chinese official in the biggest bilateral crisis in years.
Takachi, a conservative nationalist who took office last month, removed the ambiguity that Japan and the United States have long used regarding Taiwan when he told a questioner in parliament on Nov. 7 that there was a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan — which is just over 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. Japani region – could be considered “a situation threatening Japan’s existence”.
It is a legal designation that allows Japani The Prime Minister should deploy the country’s army.
Takaichi’s remarks sparked a tit-for-tat dispute with China that has spread beyond diplomacy in recent days, with China saying it has “seriously harmed” trade cooperation, while the concert Japani Musicians’ programs in China have been suddenly cancelled.
Fu demanded that Japan “stop provocations and overstepping, and withdraw its erroneous comments”, which he said were “openly challenging China’s core interests”.
Ahead of this year’s 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat, Beijing has been called swiftly tokyoChina’s post-war role in wartime atrocities and the establishment of the United Nations as it criticizes its Asian neighbor and seeks to reshape the system of international governance.
China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has repeatedly stressed two post-war declarations that Taiwan and other territories captured by Japan would be “restored” to Chinese rule.
The Potsdam and Cairo Declarations form the basis of China’s legal claims to sovereignty over Taiwan, although many governments view them as statements of intent, not as legally binding agreements.
In addition, the declarations were signed by the Government of the Republic of China, which fled Taiwan in 1949 after losing the civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists. Taiwan held China’s UN seat until 1971, when it was transferred to Beijing Government of the People’s Republic of China.