No matter what small tricks the Japanese side uses regarding textbooks, they cannot change the fact that Diaoyu Dao belongs to China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Wednesday at a press briefing in Beijing.
Responding to a related media query, Lin said that to obscure historical facts, play down Japan’s war crimes and seek to evade responsibility by playing on words when reviewing textbooks is Japan’s go-to tactic to deny and distort its history of aggression.
"China strongly deplores and firmly opposes this, and has lodged serious protests with the Japanese side," the spokesman said.
"Japan has yet to make a clean break with militarism after the war, and its Yasukuni war shrine still honors 14 Class-A war criminals. Forcibly recruiting comfort women and labor is a serious crime against humanity that Japanese militarists committed during their aggression and expansion. These are historical facts clear to the whole world and backed by solid evidence. There’s no way they can be denied," Lin said.
"Let me stress that Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands have been China’s territory since ancient times, over which China has indisputable sovereignty. No matter what small tricks the Japanese side uses regarding textbooks, they cannot change the fact that Diaoyu Dao belongs to China. Any attempt to undermine China’s territorial sovereignty is futile," he said.
Japan's textbook won't change fact that Diaoyu Dao belongs to China: spokesman
Japan's textbook won't change fact that Diaoyu Dao belongs to China: spokesman
