BEIJING, June 27 -- "The Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests. It bears on the political foundation of China-Japan bilateral relations and is the red line that must not be crossed, " said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
According to reports, the Japanese government has released a draft plan to evacuate residents of Okinawa prefecture and Sakishima islands to Kyushu and Yamaguchi prefectures. Some analysts believe that Japan's evacuation plan aims to cope with the so-called "Taiwan contingency". Not long ago, Chinese Ambassador to Japan said that if Japan ties itself onto the chariot of splitting China, its people will be led into a fire pit.
When being asked to make a comment, the spokesperson first pointed out that Taiwan is China's Taiwan and the Taiwan question has nothing to do with Japan.
"China opposes the Japanese side's playing up regional tensions under the excuse of the so-called 'Taiwan contingency'," stressed the spokesperson, adding that the biggest threat to cross-Strait peace is the separatist activities for "Taiwan independence" and the connivance and support for such moves from external forces.
"Japan, as a country that had colonized Taiwan for a long time and committed countless atrocities against Chinese people, in particular should have reflected on its history of aggression and be prudent about its words and deeds," said the spokesperson.
Following on, the spokesperson urged the Japanese side to earnestly abide by the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan and the commitments it has made and stop using the Taiwan question to provoke confrontation.
"I want to emphasize that the one-China principle is a prevailing consensus in the international community and a basic norm governing international relations," said the spokesperson.
"More than 1.4 billion Chinese people will take resolute and strong actions against any individual or force that attempts to interfere in China's internal affairs or hinder China's reunification," stressed the spokesperson.