No business prying into Asian affairs: China Daily editorial – Opinion

The Japan-EU Security and Defense Partnership Agreement, which Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell jointly unveiled on Friday, makes clear that the EU is trying to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, and Japan does is that it can play a more important role in both the political and economic spheres not only in Asia but throughout the world.

Although there is no mention of China in the Japan-EU agreement, Borrell and Iwaya reportedly said during the meeting that they were concerned about the situation in the East China and South China Seas and strongly opposed any attempts to change the situation in the East China and South China Seas. South China Seas. status quo in the region through force or coercion, which will further increase tensions, undermining regional stability and the rules-based world order. They also expressed concern about the situation in the Taiwan Strait, saying that peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait are of strategic importance to regional and global security.

The first Security and Defense Partnership Agreement signed by the EU with an Asia-Pacific country is nothing more than a ploy to interfere in regional affairs and advance the United States’ strategy to contain China.

It is clear that the so-called Japan-EU partnership is closely linked to the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on the status of the island of Taiwan two weeks ago, which accused Beijing of deliberately misinterpreting UN Resolution 2758. In fact, the European Parliament resolution is not only a gross misinterpretation of UN Resolution 2758, but also a blatant interference in China’s internal affairs.

Why should Japan and the EU express concern about the situation across the Strait when cross-Strait issues are China’s internal affairs. The Taiwan issue does not tolerate interference from either Japan, the EU, or the United States. Beijing has the will and means to resolve the Taiwan issue when it deems it appropriate.

That the People’s Republic of China is the sole legitimate representative of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, is recognized by the entire world, including the EU and the US, and therefore has the right to choose any method of reunification at its discretion. Taiwan with the Motherland.

As for the situation in the East China and South China Seas, the EU has nothing to do with it, and its intervention will not help resolve maritime disputes between China and some of its neighbors; instead, it will complicate things further.

No country has the right to question China on the Taiwan issue—certainly not Japan, which occupied Taiwan for 50 years and committed untold atrocities against the people of Taiwan before and during World War II. Japan’s brutal occupation of the island only ended with its surrender to Allied forces in 1945.

China has the right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and no country should expect it to compromise on these when trying to resolve maritime disputes with its neighbors. But that doesn’t mean China will use force to force its neighbors to accept its terms for settling disputes.

Beijing has repeatedly said that mainland China will use all possible means to peacefully reunite Taiwan with the motherland, but otherwise it reserves the right to use force to achieve national reunification.

The fact that maritime disputes between China and its neighbors have not affected cooperation in other areas in the slightest speaks volumes about China’s sincerity in improving relations with countries in the region and its efforts to maintain peace in the region.

EU-Japan security cooperation should not be used as an excuse by Brussels to poke its nose into Asian affairs, nor by Japan to overextend itself in regional affairs.

Beijing will do everything possible to maintain peace and stability in the region and prevent non-regional players from interfering in regional affairs, as well as external forces from interfering in China’s internal affairs.