China lashes out at Japan for claim to Diaoyu Islands
- 6 years ago
The Japanese government's recent endorsement of a revised high school textbook guideline, claiming sovereignty over disputed islands, is angering its neighbors.
China has joined South Korea in expressing anger over Tokyo's move.
Ro Aram reports.
Japan's territorial claims to disputed nearby islands are nothing new.
At the end of last week, Tokyo renewed those claims by approving guidelines that require high school textbooks and teachers to tell students that these islands belong to Japan.
They include Korea's Dokdo Island in the East Sea and the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan.
The repeated claim to Dokdo has always been a thorn in relations between Tokyo and Seoul and last Friday, Seoul called in Tokyo's ambassador to protest the new educational guidelines.
On the following day, Beijing joined Seoul in denouncing Tokyo's move.
At a regular press briefing, China's foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the "Diaoyu Islands and its adjacent islets have been an inherent part of Chinese territory since ancient times."
He added that China firmly "defends its territorial sovereignty and that any attempt to infringe upon that would be "futile."
He urged Japan to adopt a correct historical view when educating young people and to stop stirring up troubles on the relevant issue.
South Korea and China have for years been at loggerheads with Japan over territorial and historical disputes,.... which have proved to be among the most divisive factors in their respective relations with Tokyo.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.
China has joined South Korea in expressing anger over Tokyo's move.
Ro Aram reports.
Japan's territorial claims to disputed nearby islands are nothing new.
At the end of last week, Tokyo renewed those claims by approving guidelines that require high school textbooks and teachers to tell students that these islands belong to Japan.
They include Korea's Dokdo Island in the East Sea and the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan.
The repeated claim to Dokdo has always been a thorn in relations between Tokyo and Seoul and last Friday, Seoul called in Tokyo's ambassador to protest the new educational guidelines.
On the following day, Beijing joined Seoul in denouncing Tokyo's move.
At a regular press briefing, China's foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the "Diaoyu Islands and its adjacent islets have been an inherent part of Chinese territory since ancient times."
He added that China firmly "defends its territorial sovereignty and that any attempt to infringe upon that would be "futile."
He urged Japan to adopt a correct historical view when educating young people and to stop stirring up troubles on the relevant issue.
South Korea and China have for years been at loggerheads with Japan over territorial and historical disputes,.... which have proved to be among the most divisive factors in their respective relations with Tokyo.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.