Japan's "purchase" and "nationalization" of China's Diaoyu Islands is putting China-Japan economic and trade ties at risk due to man-made factors.
Chinese Foreign Ministry stressed on Monday that Japan should bear the consequence caused by its illegally "buying" the Diaoyu Islands.
Eighty-one years have passed since the Japanese invasion of China's northeast. But now, it is time for Japan to drop its sense of superiority regarding China and Asia in general.
Air defense sirens wailed at 9:18 am Tuesday in Shenyang, kicking off nationwide activities marking the 81st anniversary of the Japanese invasion of northeast China.
Visiting US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in Tokyo on Monday that the US won't take sides over Diaoyu Islands and wants a peaceful resolution between China and Japan.
China's non-Communist parties on Saturday released a joint statement expressing strong indignation over, and condemnation of, Japan's so-called "purchase" of the Diaoyu Islands.
A senior Chinese diplomat said Friday no matter what tricks Japan plays, it can never change China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands and affiliated islets, nor the historical fact that Japan seized the territories from China.
A senior international relations expert Friday has described the Japanese government's move to "purchase" part of the Diaoyu Islands as a reflection of the weakening of Japan's national strength.
A senior international relations expert Friday described the Japanese government's move to "purchase" the Diaoyu Island and part of its affiliated islets as a reflection of the weakening of Japan's national strength.
Tensions surrounding the Diaoyu Islands are being stirred up single-handedly by Japan in an attempt to rewrite Japan's inglorious history of illegally stealing Chinese territory, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Yucheng said on Sept 14.
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the All-China Women's Federation issued statements on Thursday, expressing strong indignation toward and opposition against Japan's so-called "purchase" of the Diaoyu Islands.
The Chinese government's announcement of the baselines of the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islets is of great significance, a Chinese diplomat has explained.