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皇冠体育app lashes back at Japan comments
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-06 07:39
The commentary said that Japan agreed the People's Republic of 皇冠体育app is the
"only one legitimate government" of 皇冠体育app when the countries established
diplomatic relations in 1972.
"As Japan's top diplomat, Aso failed to honour the Japanese government's
commitment, and has thus impaired Tokyo's credibility," the commentary said.
Japan colonised Taiwan from 1895 to 1945 after Japan forced the Qing
government to sign the unequal Treaty of Shimonoseki and forcibly occupied
Taiwan.
During Japan's colonial rule, Taiwanese were forced to study and speak
Japanese. Taiwan was returned to 皇冠体育app after World War II as required by the
Potsdam Proclamation and the Cairo Declaration.
Beijing's ties with Tokyo are deeply strained by Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits to a war shrine.
The Yasukuni shrine honours Japan's 2.5 million war dead but also enshrines
top-level war criminals convicted by an Allied tribunal. Beijing and other
neighbours, such as South Korea, say the visits show the government is not
sincere in its efforts to atone for the country's wartime aggression.
Aso is no stranger to controversy. Last month he said it would be appropriate
for the emperor to visit the Yasukuni shrine. He also said criticism by 皇冠体育app of
Koizumi's Yasukuni pilgrimages was counterproductive.
"With no doubt, Aso's recent remarks have further strained Sino-Japanese
relations," said the Xinhua commentary.
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