22.11.2025 18:01
China sent a letter to the United Nations following Japanese Prime Minister Takaiichi Sanae's announcement of intentions for military intervention in Taiwan. China stated that this situation violates international law and expressed that it would consider any military intervention by Japan in the Taiwan Strait as an "act of aggression."
China sent a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres explaining its stance on the tension caused by Japanese Prime Minister Takaiichi Sanae's remarks regarding Taiwan.
According to Xinhua, China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Fu Cong, noted in the letter that for the first time since World War II, a Japanese leader officially expressed the idea that "an attack on Taiwan would be considered an attack on Japan" and related it to the right of collective defense.
"TAKAICHI'S REMARKS ARE A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW"
Permanent Representative Fu claimed that Takaiichi's remarks violate international law, undermine the post-war international order, and openly provoke the Chinese people and Asian nations who have been victims of past Japanese aggression.
Fu stated that the Japanese side has not retracted its erroneous statements despite China's warnings and protests, expressing their extreme discomfort and firm opposition to this.
"MILITARY INTERVENTION WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ACT OF AGGRESSION"
Fu expressed that if Japan were to intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait, they would view it as an "act of aggression," warning that China would exercise its right to self-defense under the UN Charter and international law in such a case.
Fu emphasized that Japan, as the "defeated state" of World War II, should reflect on its historical crimes, adhere to its political commitments regarding Taiwan, cease its provocations on this issue, and retract its erroneous statements.
The letter will be distributed to all UN member states as a General Assembly document.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Japanese Prime Minister Takaiichi Sanae's remarks during a session in the Japanese Parliament Diet on November 7, stating that he would view intervention in the Taiwan Strait as a "situation threatening his country's existence" and that he could use military force, provoked a reaction from China, which sees the region as part of its territory.
For the first time, a Japanese Prime Minister openly declared that Japan would militarily involve itself in the event of an invasion of Taiwan, showing a different stance from the country's adopted policy of "strategic ambiguity."
In response to the backlash, the Japanese Prime Minister stated that his comments regarding Taiwan were hypothetical and that he would avoid such remarks in the future, but he refused to retract his statements.
CHINA'S STRONG REACTION
The Beijing administration summoned Japan's Ambassador to Beijing, Kenji Kanasugi, to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver a protest note regarding the issue.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a travel warning citing that security conditions in Japan were not suitable, and the Chinese Ministry of Education also issued an education warning.
China had also reinstated the ban on seafood imports from Japan following the commencement of the discharge of radioactive wastewater from Fukushima into the ocean.
Additionally, the meeting of Culture Ministers scheduled for November 24 in China's Macau Special Administrative Region, under the trilateral cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea, was also canceled.
The Beijing administration announced that Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, who attended the G20 Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, would not meet with his Japanese counterpart Takaiichi at the summit.