China demands Japan to stop political manipulation on China's internal affairs

China demands Japan to stop political manipulation on China's internal affairs, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, in response to the release of a joint statement involving China's foreign policy issued by the U.S. and Japan after their "2+2" talks in Tokyo a day earlier.

"In disregard of China's grave concerns, Japan and the U.S. have blatantly interfered in China's internal affairs on issues related to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Xizang, smeared and attacked China on maritime issues, manipulated group politics with a Cold War mentality, and stoked bloc confrontation, seriously undermining regional peace and stability and the security interests of other countries," Lin said at a press conference in Beijing.

"China is firmly opposed to this and has made serious démarches to Japan through diplomatic channels, demanding the Japanese side to establish an objective and rational understanding of China, stop political manipulation on China's internal affairs, stop stirring up trouble and making provocations on maritime issues, stop drawing forces outside the region into stoking division and confrontation in the region, earnestly follow the path of peaceful development, and win the trust of its Asian neighbors and the rest of the international community with concrete actions," Lin said.

China demands Japan to stop political manipulation on China's internal affairs

China demands Japan to stop political manipulation on China's internal affairs

Russia on Thursday announced that its forces controlled one more settlement, while the Ukrainian side reported conducting high-precision strikes on Russian command posts.

According to a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on Thursday, Russian troops seized control of one more settlement in the Donetsk region. The ministry also claimed that its forces had successfully repelled Ukrainian attacks and launched offensives in the directions of Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.

The statement also noted that Russian air defense systems had intercepted 67 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles. Besides, strikes were carried out by the Russian side on Ukrainian drone storage facilities and ammunition depots.

On the same day, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that its forces had engaged in 109 battles on the frontline over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian forces claimed to have struck Russian personnel and equipment concentrations, command posts, and electronic warfare base stations.

The Ukrainian side also said that its air force conducted high-precision strikes on a Russian command post in the Kherson region and another command post in the Kursk region.

Russia claims control of one more settlement, Ukraine says Russian command posts raided