The Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests bearing on the political foundation of China-Japan bilateral relations, and is the red line that must not be crossed, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesman of China's Ministry of National Defense, said on Thursday.
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 Wu Jianghao 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 pointed out that Taiwan is China's Taiwan and the Taiwan question has nothing to do with Japan.
"Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and the Taiwan question has nothing to do with Japan. The Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests. It bears on the political foundation of China-Japan relations and is a red line that cannot be crossed. China opposes the Japanese side's hyping regional tensions under the excuse of the so-called 'Taiwan contingency', and 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. We urge the Japanese side effectively adhere to the principles 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. 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," Wu said.
Taiwan question has nothing to do with Japan: defense ministry spokesperson
The first China Chongqing Science and Technology Film Week is taking place in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, with forums and lectures focusing on the application of new technologies such as artificial intelligence in the film industry.
The six-day event kicked off on Wednesday in Chongqing's Yongchuan District, gathering experts, academics and leaders in the film and TV industry from home and abroad.
On Thursday, four themed salons were held on hot topics such as sci-tech innovations empowering the film and TV industry, virtual production and the upgrading of the film industry, and the integrated development of generative artificial intelligence, film and TV industry and metaverse.
"Director Guo Fan has said that when making The Wandering Earth 3 and later sequels, he would apply AI into the production of more scenes, including using it to present some movements and spatial relations. So, we all said during the Shanghai International Film Festival that AI is not the future. It is already present," said Yin Hong, vice president of the China Film Association.
In the following panel discussions, the guests shared their views on today and tomorrow's film industry and the development of science and technologies from different perspectives.
"We creators, especially visual creators, will embrace this technology in the years to come. It could be a very good thing," said Huo Tingxiao, president of the China Film Art Direction Academy.
On Thursday evening, a virtual girl group staged a concert on a huge screen at the venue, displaying the charm of cutting-edge technologies to the audience.
The film week also held several lectures on Friday, where film directors Li Lichi, Liu Xiaoshi and many other experts shared their insights on film production and science and technology.
"High-tech tools are surely useful in today's film production, very useful. They will bring disruptive changes to the work of our technical teams. But we have to bear in mind that they are just tools, of which we should be the masters, not slaves," Liu said.
In addition, more than 10 film and sci-tech companies presented their latest filmmaking technologies during the event.
Chongqing hosts first sci-tech film week
