Beijing: China urges Japan to act on its commitment to fully understand and respect the fact that "Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People's Republic of China," and urges it to cease official interactions with Taiwan under any pretext, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular press briefing on Friday.
Guo's remarks came after Taro Aso, former Japanese Prime Minister and supreme adviser of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, said that "Taiwan is a country that shares fundamental values with Japan" in a meeting with the president of the so-called Legislative Yuan of the Taiwan region on Sept. 25.
"This is not the first time that certain Japanese politician has made provocations on the Taiwan question. This behavior constitutes a serious violation of the one-China principle and the guiding principles of the four political documents between China and Japan, and is a gross interference in China's internal affairs," Guo said.
"China deplores and is strongly opposed to these actions, and has made representations to Japan through diplomatic channels," he said.
Guo said that "there is only one China in the world and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory."
