Chinese government condemns US’s comments about Senkaku-Diaoyu dispute

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Adam Westlake in Features, Politics with 18 Comments
Chinese government condemns US’s comments about Senkaku-Diaoyu dispute

Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, has stated that the government is firmly opposed to last week’s statements by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Qin stated that the Chinese government urged the U.S. to act with a responsible attitude in regard to the islands, and choose its words carefully. He added that the stability of China-U.S. relations should be kept in mind, along with building credit among the Chinese people.

This mouth-full response was a reply to Clinton’s simple comment on Friday that the U.S. did not take a position on the uninhabited territory’s final sovereignty, but did view the islands as currently under Japan’s administrative control. The has been the U.S. government’s position for months now, stated many times over, but now Qin says this is “ignorant of facts and indiscriminate of rights and wrongs.” And now the U.S. needs to work on building credit with the people of China? What probably really pushed Qin’s buttons was that Clinton said the U.S. would oppose any unilateral actions threaten Japan’s administrative authority, most likely referring to China’s repeated flying of fighter jets near the islands.

Qin and the Foreign Ministry also added that the Senkaku Islands were a part of the U.S.’s historical responsibility, as they put the islands under Japanese control following World War II. The Chinese official reiterated the government’s usual claim that the territory was an inherent part of China’s sovereignty, and that the Japanese government was the primary source of tensions, due to its continued taking of “wrongful actions.”

[via The People's Daily]
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  • Far East

    Things are getting a bit more complicated now for this corrupt Chinese Government with the U.S. siding with Japan and all those Asian nations (Vietnam, The Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, etc) grouping with Japan to Face this bullying China.
    If this could only prevent those Chinese officials from maintaining their delusional claims in this lame attempt to seize Japan territory purely for its underlying natural gas and oil there is under.

    • Banlas

      It’s your delusional mind that doesn’t understand what is right and what is wrong. In the case of Diaoyu Islands, clearly it’s the Japanese fault that they continue to keep the stolen war loot when there are various treaties that stated that Japan must relinquish them as a term of surrender.

      • Far East

        Oh a Chinese Government agent surveying the web aren’t you ? You are so many of you spitting your propaganda and ignoring the historical fact.

        Obviously you have not read the Treaty of San Francisco ratified by many countries in 1951 and its article 3 that set the region of territories to be returned to Japan, such as the Nansei Shoto that includes Senkaku.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco
        A similar treaty was signed between the Republic of China and Japan on April 28th 1952.
        I think it is interesting to read the Wikipedia page about this :
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands_dispute

        Cheers

        • Redcliff

          @Far East
          You must be paid by Japan Propaganda Official to spread misinformation in this forum.

          Your sighting of the San Francisco Treat between Japan and the USA with China not a party to this Treaty is irrelevant. You should know the Law that if a relevant party is not involved and in agreement the agreement is non and void.

          I suggest you should read up the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation and the Japan Surrender Treaty. All territories occupied by Japan score the war shall be return to the rightful owners, Diaoyu Island iincluded.

          As with the Treaty of Taipei between Japan and ROC it cllear stated that Diaoyu Island shall be return to China.

          You should read more factual documents from imminent writers quoting rather then from Wikipedia.

          • Far East

            Ah you are too funny. Nope, I am far away from being Japanese. You on the other hand, only a pro mainland Chinese living in HK can write such nonsense in a good English. I say pro-mainland, because my fellow readers here should take note that the people from Hong Kong really either do not support all this rubbish from mainland China or simply do not care.

            But let’s get back to our topic; he SF Treaty was the most recent (1952), ie signed AFTER the Postdam declaration (“declaration” hu, ie not a treaty”) and signed by over 50 nations with Japan.

            The reason why Communist China did not sign it is because you were at civil war at the time.

            Nowhere it is written in the equivalent SF Treaty between Japan and Taiwan that they will return the Senkaku :-) I have the text and incidentally I have read it.

            You cannot denied this Treaty, and you cannot cherry pick piece of history in whichever order suits your delusional view of the reality.

  • Gary Jenkins

    Why is the US once again interfering in Asian politics? 鷸蚌相爭？分而治之？
    China and Japan should form a united alliance (大亞細亞聯盟）and resist western imperialist oppression.

    • Far East

      Where do you see the imperialist oppression ?? All I see is U.S. keeping its promise and repeating its pledge to the countries with whom it has a mutual security alliance. Nothing new here since 1952.

      If there is one who is oppressing in Asia, it is China, and regarding to your saying 鷸蚌相爭, 分而治, I would say it is China who wants to divide to conquer by advocating those territorial issues be dealt conveniently 1-to-1.

      • RedcliffSleong

        @ Far East

        Divide and rule is a typical mentality of the British and The Americans have learnt from them.

        • Far East

          Well obviously it i not just an American / British mentality anymore since the Chinese Government does it as well and even have a saying for this, right ?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/NV25ZPWMBDYFXEYR3AWQ43ZS5E Hein S

    GREEDY china

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryszard-Ewiak/1610007347 Ryszard Ewiak

    Where are we going? An ancient vision says: “And [the king of the north] will go back (to) his land with great wealth [1945]; and his heart (will be) against the holy covenant [state atheism]; and will act [it means activity in the international arena]; and turned back to his own land [1991-1993. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. Russian troops returned to their country]. At the appointed time [he] will return back.” (Daniel 11:28, 29a, literal translation) The return of Russia in this context means crisis, which will eclipse the Great Depression. Not only the eurozone will break up, but also the European Union and NATO. Then many countries of the former Eastern block will return to Russia’s zone of influence. Russian troops will be stationed here again.
    Russia, however, will not return everywhere. “And [the king of the north] will enter into the south [Georgia], but it will not be as the former [1921] or as the latter [2008], for the dwellers of coastlands of Kittim [the West] will come against him, and he will be dejected, and will go back.” (Daniel 11:29b, 30a, literal translation)
    Moses writes: “But ships from the direction of Kittim [USN], and troubling Asshur [Russia] and troubling Eber [remaining enemies, including Iran and China].” (Numbers 24:24a, literal translation)
    This will be a nuclear war. (Revelation 6:4) “A great sword” = a nuclear sword. As Jesus foretold, it will be “the beginning of birth pains”. (Mathew 24:7, 8)

    • Far East

      I don’t think you should try to make parallels between the scripture and the present day, as what is happening now has already happened, so you can always find applicable pattern if you look hard enough. However, the information you find must not serve your conclusion, because that would not yield a probable outcome.

      Besides, as a Christian myself, those scripture are here to inspire ourself, rather than to be taken literally since what is to be saved is our soul, nothing else, but this is an entirely different topic :-)

      • Whirled Peas

        I’m glad you understood what was said. I figured it was some kind of dire prediction or metaphor for what’s happening today, but really, I was totally baffled!

  • EKBlue

    China, acceptance that your claim is inconceivable and an act of greed is the only way to resolve this. Your interest only came about when studies showed there were valuable resources to be had, prior to that you DIDN’T care!

    You’ve jumped from a 3rd world country to an industrial giant in a span of 30-40 years. You are still an adolescent, a petulant child and you have some growing up to do before you can interact with the Adults of the world. You steal land in Ghana so you can mine for gold, your people stand by and do nothing when a van runs over a 2 year old girl and lies in the street dying, you massacre your own people and you boil cats alive so that it’s easier to skin them and eat. These are just a few examples of how morally despicable your country is. You lack honor, ethics, humility and just plain human judgement of what is right and wrong. I admit that Japan has made it’s mistakes and learned from them, as has any other country out there, but you continue to slide down the moral slope to a pit of despair.

    • Taiwanese

      Please take care of you woman who runs the risks of being raped and get rid of your caste system and communal violence before coming here to rent your unfounded anger.

      • EKBlue

        1) As a woman, the risk of rape is an everyday occurrence, it doesn’t matter what country I live in. Your argument is void.

        2) Caste system is based on Endogamy and would apply to literally any culture out there. Your argument is void.

        3) Communal Violence is certainly something that China knows about. You acts of violence towards your own people and Tibet surely speak volumes. Now understand that the last violence explicitly shown by Japan was during WWII. Whereas China continues to be violent in the present day. Again your argument is void.

        Unfounded anger? I think it’s very well founded that the world be angry with you. A few examples? You steal car designs from BMW (the X5) and rebrand it and call it your own. Your court rules in favor of your manufacture, Shuanghuan (surprise, surprise), yet the whole world can see it’s a blatant rip off. Japan contracts with China to produce frozen Eel for import, what does your country do, poison the Eel’s. Your country is one of the largest producers of Heroin, you smuggle your men to other countries for slave labor, you smuggle your women to other countries as sexual slaves. It’s no wonder that your people would risk death to smuggle themselves out of the country in a cargo container with a hope of freedom.

  • cobrawolf

    Seriously, it’s like the Chinese just came out of a closet that has been locked for 70 years. It’s 2013.By the way, I want an apology from the Vikings and the Aztecs for all the horror they did way back in history >>>

    • Far East

      LOL !