Xi administration maintains hard-line stance; China accepts bipartisan and private organizations - 1 year since response to Taiwan emergency situation

[Beijing Current Affairs] Seven days will mark one year since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's statement regarding the Taiwan emergency. Although there are some signs of softening in China's Xi Jinping administration's response, its hard-line stance toward Japan remains intact. The two countries have not responded to government-to-government dialogue, and there is no hope that relations will improve.

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"Unfortunately, even after one year, the Japanese authorities have not shown remorse, sincerity, or action to correct their mistakes," Guo Jiakun, deputy spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a press conference on the 6th. He reiterated his previous view that ``Japan is fully responsible for the serious difficulties facing China-Japan relations,'' and once again called for ``immediate correction of wrong words and actions on the Taiwan issue.''

Takaichi told the House of Representatives Budget Committee on November 7 of last year that a Taiwanese emergency "could become an existential crisis" in which the Self-Defense Forces could exercise the right of collective self-defense. The Xi administration, which considers Taiwan to be part of China, has fiercely objected to the move, calling it "crude interference in internal affairs" (China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and has launched countermeasures. Criticism has also expanded to the Takaichi administration's changes in security policy, with continued accusations of ``new militarism'' and ``remilitarization'' by drawing in Russia and North Korea.

Although the Xi administration has effectively halted dialogue and exchanges with the Japanese side, in August and September of this year it accepted a series of delegations of bipartisan members of Congress to visit China. Additionally, in September, Vice Premier He Lifeng and Communist Party Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with a delegation from the Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade (National Trade Promotion), headed by former Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya. "China and Japan are mutually important economic and trade partners," Mr. He said.

Although it can be said that there has been some progress from the current state of stalemate, many people in the diplomatic community believe that ``the aim is to put pressure on the Takaichi administration through private organizations and other means.'' In fact, there is still no sign that the Xi administration will embark on dialogue between diplomatic authorities.

There is also no prospect of a Japan-China summit meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be held in Shenzhen, China on the 18th and 19th of this month. The Xi administration has agreed to stabilize relations with the Trump administration. It maintains dialogue with other Western countries and appears to be in no hurry to improve relations with Japan. Mr. Xi is said to have distrusted Mr. Takaichi even before he made the remarks over his historical understanding, and a source close to Japan and China says, ``It will likely take several years for the situation to improve.''