Official Statements: China

Official Statements: China

2007

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Remarks on the Final Verdict of the Supreme Court of Japan on NishiMatsu Construction Reparation Litigation (04.29.07)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang's Regular Press Conference (04.03.07)

2006

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang's Comment On China-Japan Relations (09.18.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang's Comments on the Report about Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary's Paying Homage to Yasukuni Shrine (08.07.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Press Conference (re: comment on China-Japan relations if Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe would replace Koizumi and pay visits to the Yasukuni Shrine)(04.13.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Press Conference (re: comment on "the issue of Japanese leaders' paying homage to the Yasukuni Shrine could not be linked to the summit meeting" by a few Japanese leaders) (04.07.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Press Conference (re: comment on "one year since anti-Japanese Demonstration last April and expectation for future China-Japan relations") (04.04.06)

Hu Jintao Meets with Heads of Seven Japan-China Friendship Groups (03.31.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang's Press Conference (re: "Apart from apologizing for its war of aggression and ceasing to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, what else does China hope Japan to do?")(03.14.06)

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing's Press Conference (Comments on Sino-Japanese political relations) (03.08.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Press Conference (re: statement by Nakagawa that China had not lodged any protest against the visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by several prime ministers in their private capacity until the Nakasone visit in 1985) (02.21.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan's Press Conference (re: State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan's remarks to Takeshi Noda) (02.09.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan's Press Conference (re: article in The People's Daily regarding the class A war criminals and the Yasukuni Shrine)(02.08.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan's Press Conference (re: Japan's New Draft Resolution on the Security Council Reform) (02.08.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan's Press Conference (Comment on Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso's Remarks on Whitewashing the History of Aggression)(02.06.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan's Press Conference (comment on Mr. Wu Jianmin's remarks that China's opposition to Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi paying homage to the Yasukuni Shrine is not against Japan but militarism)(01.19.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan's Press Conference (re: Sino-Japanese joint exploration in the East China Sea, the suicide incident of the Japanese diplomat in Shanghai, etc.)(01.10.06)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang's Press Conference (re: the Sino-Japanese oil and gas exploration program)(01.05.06)

2005

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang's Press Conference (re: Japan's seeking for a permanent seat in the Security Council, Koizumi cabinet's budget for the year of 2006, and China's response to the poll on Japanese people's sentiment for China )(12.27.05)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao: "Koizumi won't own up to history" (12.13.05)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang's Press Conference (re: The reason for postponing the tripartite summit this year)
(12.06.05)

"Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Comment on Japanese Foreign Minister's Denial of Yasukuni Shrine's Glorifying Aggression History" (11.23.05)

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Kong Quan Press Conference (Re: Yasukuni Shrine Visits) (10.18.05)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang's Press Conference (re: Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi's win in the reelection) (09.13.05)

Speech at a Meeting Marking the 60th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War (09.03.05)

"Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Expresses Protest Against Japan's Violation on Chinese Sovereignty Rights and Interests in the East China Sea" (07.15.05)

"Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Comment on the Remarks Denying the Historical Fact Of Comfort Women By Japanese Minister of Education, Science and Technology" (06.13.05)

"The Chinese Foreign Ministry Lodges a Solemn Representation with Japan on the History Textbook Issue" (04.05.05)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Press Conference (re: Japanese Court Rejecting the Appeal of Chinese "Comfort Women") (03.25.05)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Comment on Japanese Criticism of China's History Education (03.09.05)

"Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Comment on Japanese Government's Taking Over Lighthouse on Diaoyu Islands" (02.09.05)

2004

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Press Conference (re: Tokyo High Court's Rejection of Four Former Chinese "Comfort Women"'s Appeal for Damages) (12.17.04)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan's Press Conference (re: Japanese Diet Panel's Resolution Concerning the Diaoyu Islands (04.01.04)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao's Press Conference (re: Nanjing Massacre Memorial and Yasukuni Shrine) (03.11.04)

Press Conference by Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Zhaoxing during the Second Session of the 10th National People's Congress (Yasukuni Shrine) (03.06.04)

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Press Conference (re: Dispatch of Japanese Self-defense to Iraq) (02.03.04)

2003

President Hu Jintao on Sino-Japanese Relations (06.02.03)

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Press Conference (re: history textbooks in Japan) (02.11.03)

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Press Conference (re: Prime Minister Koizumi's Visit to Yasukuni Shrine) (01.14.03)

2001

Premier Zhu Rongji on the History Issue (11.01.01)

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on the 70th anniversary of the "September 18th Incident" (09.18.01)

Zhang Qiyue on Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi's Visit to the Yasukuni Shrine (08.14.01)

Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi Expounds China's Solemn Position on Yasukuni Shrine (05.17.01)

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Press Conference (re: Japan's History) (02.23.01)

2000

Statement on the settlement of the "Hanoaka incident" (11.30.00)

Statement on Shintaro Ishihara's remarks of China being the biggest threat of Japan (11.15.00)

Zhu Bangzao's Remarks on the Denial of War-time Atrocities inside Japan (11.15.00)

Statement on toning down the history of aggression in Japanese history textbooks (11.15.00)

Statement on Japanese Prime Minister's Remarks concerning the Essence of Japan's Invasion of China (11.15.00)

Bilateral Statements and Communiqués