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As one of China's most special "neighbors", Japan has always been perceived as "capricious". In recent years, it wants the United States as a backer, but is reluctant to give up the huge profits brought by cooperation with China. Not long ago, Japan seized the opportunity to hold talks with the Chinese side for 50 minutes in a row just to make one request, but Foreign Minister Wang Yi "turned against the army" on the spot.
You know, China and Japan just held talks not long ago, what topics have been discussed this time? Is the Chinese side "anti-general" again? What intentions and specific information does Japan's appeal reveal?
According to recent news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on July 26, local time, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japan Foreign Minister Yoko Uekawa held a 50-minute meeting at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos. The two sides exchanged views on continuing to promote bilateral relations and strengthening mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation, and focused on the important issue of discharging Fukushima nuclear sewage into the sea.
China's attitude toward the Fukushima nuclear sewage discharge plan has always been strong, and it has always maintained strong opposition. However, Japan has insisted on doing so, and to this day continues to discharge nuclear sewage into the Pacific Ocean, and so far, Japan has discharged nearly 54,000 tons of nuclear sewage into the sea, seriously endangering the surrounding marine ecology.
On the day when the Fukushima nuclear sewage discharge plan was launched, for the sake of the health of mainland consumers, China immediately stopped the export of Japan's aquatic products to China and demanded that Japan stop discharging nuclear wastewater. However, this warning has apparently been ignored by the Kishida government, and to this day, the nuclear sewage is still being discharged into the sea without stopping.
It stands to reason that since Japan does not take China's opinion seriously, it should honestly accept China's policy of "banning the export of aquatic products to China", but Japan has put on a face of "both want and want", and in this meeting, Yoko Kamikawa made it clear that Japan's fishing and fishery industries have fallen into a trough due to China's ban, and called on China to immediately lift the ban on the import of Japan's aquatic products.
Yoko Kamikawa's remarks either failed to understand the purpose of China's ban, or they were deliberately stirring up trouble. Is China's ban on the import of Japan's aquatic products out of malicious sanctions against Japan? Apparently not. It was for the sake of food safety for its own consumers that China cut it off. If Japan really wants China to resume imports, it should stop discharging nuclear sewage and ensure the quality and safety of its exported aquatic products, and only then will China consider lifting the ban.
It is worth noting that not long before this meeting, Hiroshi Moriyama, chairman of the General Affairs Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, also came to China to hold talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the issue of food import and export between the two countries. At that time, Hiroshi Moriyama's request was for China to resume imports of Japan beef, and this time, Yoko Kamikawa called on China to resume imports of Japan aquatic products.
It is not difficult to see from Japan's high-frequency talks with China and its repeated "shouting" that China has lifted the ban on food imports, and it is urgent for China to open up relevant policies to boost Japan's domestic economy. China is an important market for Japan, and the loss of China, a "big customer", has undoubtedly brought great pressure to Japan's related industries.
At present, the relationship between China and Japan is obviously not friendly, and due to Japan's unilateral sidekeeping and sanctions, as well as its repeated provocations against China, it is difficult for China to take the initiative to lift the ban and shake hands with Japan. It is also based on this consideration that Japan politicians have rushed to meet with the Chinese side in recent days, trying to find a glimmer of opportunity from it.
The Chinese side has clearly seen the idea behind Japan, but it obviously has no reason to agree to its demands.
During the talks with Hiroshi Moriyama, Foreign Minister Wang Yi directly introduced the topic to the Taiwan Strait issue, pointing out that Japan has made all kinds of wrong words and deeds in the Taiwan Strait issue, and Japan must face up to its potential problems and correct them, only in this way can China and Japan carry out further cooperation in friendly relations.
This time, in the face of Yoko Kamikawa's demand to lift the ban on aquatic products, Foreign Minister Wang Yi also solemnly affirmed China's position on the issue of discharging nuclear sewage into the sea, and countered the Japan army in person. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the Japan government should ensure effective stakeholder participation, independent sampling, and establish a long-term international monitoring mechanism to further prove the safety of its aquatic products.
Only by doing so will China regain confidence in Japan's aquatic products and the Chinese market reopen its doors to it, otherwise Chinese consumers will not buy it even if the ban is lifted.
I hope that the Japanese side will understand that the benefits are not obtained by demand, but by their own actions. If Japan wants China to make concessions, it must also show reciprocal sincerity. The Japanese side has no intention of correcting its own problems while blindly making demands, especially on principled issues related to the Taiwan Strait, and of course China cannot respond to its demands.
It is not difficult to see from Japan's current performance that he still has the illusion of "eating at both ends", hoping to gain China's favor while relying on the United States, so he does not hesitate to send people to the talks repeatedly. But the Chinese side has replied with a firm attitude: if Japan does not correct its mistakes, correct its position, and show sufficient sincerity, then the door of China's cooperation will never be open to it.
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Information sources:
Shangguan News - Japan's senior officials gather to visit China, the foreign ministers of the two countries are expected to meet, what signal does the intensive interaction between China and Japan release? -2024.07.25
Reference news-Japanese media: A number of Japan dignitaries have visited China one after another-2024.07.18
The Paper-Wang Yi Meets with Japan's Foreign Minister: The current China-Japan relations are in a critical stage of retreat if they do not advance-2024.07.26
Chongqing Daily-Chinese and Japanese Foreign Ministers Hold Talks After August, Expert: There Are Frictions in Exchanges, Opportunities in Challenges-2024.07.27
Overseas Network-Japanese Media Attention: China and Japan Hold Dialogues at All Levels-2024.07.24
Xinhuanet-Wang Yi meets with Hiroshi Moriyama, Chairman of the General Affairs of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan-2024.07.23
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