China Says No Concession on Territorial Sovereignty
* "We have to uphold our principles and bottom line," Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said Friday.
* Zhang said China pursues a policy of friendship and partnership with its neighboring countries.
* "We do not want to see the situation spin out of control," Zhang said.
China on Friday said it will take forceful measures in response to any moves that challenge the country's bottom line on sovereignty.
"We want to live in friendship with all countries including Japan, but we have to uphold our principles and bottom line," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun told reporters Friday night.
Zhang said China pursues a policy of friendship and partnership with its neighboring countries and stays committed to the path of peaceful development.
"However, should anyone want to challenge China's bottom line on the issue of sovereignty, China will have no alternative but to respond forcefully so as to remove disturbance and obstacles and move steadily on the path of peaceful development," he said.
Zhang said Japanese government's "purchase" of the Diaoyu Islands, which was announced on Sept. 10, constituted a grave violation of China's territorial sovereignty.
He said the move has caused "the most severe repercussions" on China-Japan relations since the two countries normalized diplomatic relations in 1972.
The Diaoyu Islands are part of China's territory in accordance with historical fact and law, Zhang said.
Japan has no right to buy or sell Chinese territory in any way and no transaction is allowed over even one inch of the Diaoyu Islands or anything on it, he said.
Cooperation should be mainstreamed no matter who is elected US president
In addition to clich©-laden China-bashing, the two U.S. presidential candidates said during their final televised debate that the United States €can be a partner with China,€ and does not have to be China's €adversary.€
It is the first time in the U.S. political history that China has been chosen as a topic for the presidential debate, indicating that properly handling China-U.S. relations has indeed become a significant challenge facing U.S. politicians in the 2012 election year.
Regrettably, both candidates adopted the political tactic of appearing tough with China, while leaving rationality and objectivity behind.
Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state, said that both candidates had been making irresponsible comments and using €extremely deplorable€ language about China during their campaigns.
However, both candidates expressed their will to cooperate with China during the final presidential debate. This shows that from a practical point of view, both the Democratic and Republican parties have realized that completely stopping cooperating with China or even becoming China's adversary does not serve U.S. interests.
* Zhang said China pursues a policy of friendship and partnership with its neighboring countries.
* "We do not want to see the situation spin out of control," Zhang said.
China on Friday said it will take forceful measures in response to any moves that challenge the country's bottom line on sovereignty.
"We want to live in friendship with all countries including Japan, but we have to uphold our principles and bottom line," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun told reporters Friday night.
Zhang said China pursues a policy of friendship and partnership with its neighboring countries and stays committed to the path of peaceful development.
"However, should anyone want to challenge China's bottom line on the issue of sovereignty, China will have no alternative but to respond forcefully so as to remove disturbance and obstacles and move steadily on the path of peaceful development," he said.
Zhang said Japanese government's "purchase" of the Diaoyu Islands, which was announced on Sept. 10, constituted a grave violation of China's territorial sovereignty.
He said the move has caused "the most severe repercussions" on China-Japan relations since the two countries normalized diplomatic relations in 1972.
The Diaoyu Islands are part of China's territory in accordance with historical fact and law, Zhang said.
Japan has no right to buy or sell Chinese territory in any way and no transaction is allowed over even one inch of the Diaoyu Islands or anything on it, he said.
Cooperation should be mainstreamed no matter who is elected US president
In addition to clich©-laden China-bashing, the two U.S. presidential candidates said during their final televised debate that the United States €can be a partner with China,€ and does not have to be China's €adversary.€
It is the first time in the U.S. political history that China has been chosen as a topic for the presidential debate, indicating that properly handling China-U.S. relations has indeed become a significant challenge facing U.S. politicians in the 2012 election year.
Regrettably, both candidates adopted the political tactic of appearing tough with China, while leaving rationality and objectivity behind.
Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state, said that both candidates had been making irresponsible comments and using €extremely deplorable€ language about China during their campaigns.
However, both candidates expressed their will to cooperate with China during the final presidential debate. This shows that from a practical point of view, both the Democratic and Republican parties have realized that completely stopping cooperating with China or even becoming China's adversary does not serve U.S. interests.