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20:22, 22-Jun-2017
FM spokesman: China urges Japan to face up to history
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China on Thursday urged Japan to educate its children correctly to avoid further disturbing China-Japan relations.
Japan's education ministry reportedly stated in a book of new curricular guidelines for elementary and secondary schools that China's Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea are "inherent" parts of Japanese territory.
Reacting at a regular press conference in Beijing on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang reaffirmed that the Diaoyu Islands and adjacent islets have been Chinese territory since ancient times and China has firm resolve and determination to safeguard its territorial sovereignty.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang speaks at a regular press conference in Beijing on June 22, 2017. /MOFA Photo
Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang speaks at a regular press conference in Beijing on June 22, 2017. /MOFA Photo
"No matter what it does or says, the Japanese side cannot change the fact that the Diaoyu Islands belong to China," said Geng.
Geng urged the Japanese side to face up to history and reality, and to stop provocation.
(Source: Xinhua)
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