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
The new China-Mongolia cross-border railway is expected to serve as a new bridge for boosting connectivity between the two countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in Beijing on Thursday.
China and Mongolia held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday to mark the official launch of construction on the Gantsmod–Gashuunsukhait rail project, which will be the second cross-border rail link between the two countries.
Lin said at a regular press briefing that the railway would inject new momentum into the development of China-Mongolia bilateral relations.
"On May 14, China and Mongolia held a ceremony to mark the official groundbreaking of the Gantsmod-Gashuunsukhait cross-border railway, which is the second cross-border railway between the two countries. Expanding cooperation in key areas such as economy and trade, energy, mining and connectivity is an important common understanding between President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh. In February this year, Premier Li Qiang and Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene jointly witnessed the exhibiting of the cooperation agreement on the Gantsmod-Gashuunsukhait railway and coal trade," said Lin.
"The construction of this cross-border railway is not only a concrete step of implementing the important common understanding between the presidents of the two countries, but also an important action to synergize the Belt and Road Initiative and Mongolia's Steppe Road Program. We hope this railway will serve as a new bridge for China-Mongolia connectivity, fostering deeper development integration, promoting industrial synergy, and expanding visits and exchanges, thereby injecting new impetus in to the building of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future," he said.
New cross-border railway to enhance connectivity between China, Mongolia: FM spokesman
