China's UN envoy sends another letter to Guterres, refuting Japan's claims

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China's permanent representative to the United Nations sent another letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, refuting the unreasonable arguments made by the Japanese envoy and insisting the retraction of Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan.

He said Japan was breaking free from the exclusively defence-oriented principle, alerting the international community of its right-wing forces' ambitions to expand military capabilities. 

The Japanese prime minister claimed last month during her Diet questioning that a Taiwan emergency involving the use of force could be seen as a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan. 

On Monday, China's envoy to the UN, Fu Cong, said he had sent a second letter which will be circulated to all UN member states as an official document of the General Assembly. 

Fu has voiced firm opposition to Tokyo's response to his first letter criticising Takaichi's remarks sent on November 21th. 

This as Japan's permanent representative to the UN, Kazuyuki Yamazaki, said in a letter to Guterres that China's claims were unsubstantiated. 

Fu noted the Japanese side sought to shift blame and kept dodging the key issues as to what exactly is their so-called "consistent position" on the Taiwan question. 

International legal instruments such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation long ago confirmed China's sovereignty over Taiwan, and the Japanese government has since reaffirmed such a position in a series of treaties. 

Fu emphasised that Takaichi's erroneous comments openly challenged the post-war international order and "constitute a serious violation of the purposes and principles" of the UN Charter. 

He urged Tokyo to uphold its political commitments and immediately retract the PM's wrongful remarks if it seeks to develop stable ties with Beijing, otherwise, the Japanese side should bear all the consequences arising therefrom.

In Japan, hotels, restaurants and travel agencies that rely heavily on Chinese guests are feeling the pinch of simmering tensions.

Vice president of the Okinawa Resorts Division warned tens of thousands of operators could be affected if the situation drags on next year. 

Several opposition leaders including policy chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Satoshi Honjo, and Taku Yamazoe from the Japanese Communist Party have publicly prompted Takaichi to retract what they described as extremely dangerous comments that run counter to relevant legislation. 

Sources say a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers met with Chinese ambassador Wu Jianghao in Tokyo. 

The group's secretary general stressed the significance of exchanges between lawmakers of the two sides to ease the strain with the hope of visiting China later this year. 

Also on Monday, the China Coast Guard said it warned and drove away a Japanese fishing vessel which "illegally" entered territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands. 

A spokesperson said the Coast Guard would continue to conduct rights-protection law enforcement operations there and called on Japan to cease all acts of infringement and provocation.