"Many problems in China and Japan stem from this core symptom-"

The former Chinese ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua said in an interview with the Global Times reporter that Sino -Japanese relations have experienced various problems in recent years. There is a core and deep reasons. There is no reasonable streaming of relations with China on this basis. "Japan should seriously and calmly think about such a problem. It is a stable and prosperous neighbor country. ? "He asked, if Japan could clarify this problem, many obstacles in Sino -Japanese relations can be excluded.

Cheng Yonghua made the above statement on the 6th Taihe Civilization Forum hosted by Taihe Think Tank during the Taihe Think Tank. On September 29 this year, China and Japan are about to usher in the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations, but the political atmosphere of the two countries is quite cold. In this regard, Cheng Yonghua admits that it is difficult to use "festive" to describe the current atmosphere of Sino -Japanese relations. He believes that in the past two years, Japan has experienced more "noise" in relations with China. Some of them even issues issues involving China's core interests, which have given new shadows on Sino -Japanese relations.

"In this context, today we need to think more seriously and calmly. How to cherish the hard -won results of Sino -Japanese relations in the past 50 years, and don't make it east." In the interview, he was in the interview. Reminder that in fact, many issues in China and Japan have a common core crux, that is, what kind of mentality Japan should face China's rapid development.

Cheng Yonghua said in his own experience that during his tenure as the Chinese Ambassador to Japan from 2010 to 2019, Sino -Japanese relations encountered an important node, that is, China GDP surpassed Japan in 2010 and became the world's second largest economy. He recalled that there were various problems in Sino -Japanese relations at that time. The main and deep reasons was that Japan's mentality in the face of China's rapid development did not set up.

"Like all major powers, there are also competition between China and Japan, but the key is how to adjust mutual awareness and re -straighten the relationship." He analyzed the reporter that future Sino -Japanese relations may not be a Ma Pingchuan, but just like it is just like During his time as an ambassador, he reminded the Japanese in his speech many times, "Is it a stable and prosperous China more favorable to Japan, or is it more beneficial to Japan with turbulence and chaos? "In fact, China's development, especially the huge market, has brought major opportunities to Japan's rejuvenation and re -development. It has been obvious to all parties in Japan. Japanese companies' investment in China is much higher than its regions such as Europe and the United States and ASEAN.

In recent years, the attitude towards China in Japan has become tougher, and the volume of the right wing has become increasingly louder. Recently, the United States has "followed the trend" on the Taiwan issue, and made a series of provocative words and deeds: Before the US Congress MP Perosi, the Japanese Congress led by the former Defense Minister Shi Pan Mao went to Taiwan to visit and use " The topic of withdrawing overseas Chinese rendering "There is something in Taiwan in Taiwan." After Pelosi rushed to Taiwan, Congress and other members of Guya Kagi followed the trend to show the show, Zhangmu, who made a mistake for the United States, and supported the "Taiwan independence" forces, and sent a serious error signal to the outside world.

In response to the above phenomena, Cheng Yonghua told the Global Times reporter that some of the recent movements in Japan are "very dangerous and worthy of vigilance", especially whether the country can continue to adhere to the peaceful development route. For example, he observed that in the military, Japanese defense funds will break through the 1%limit of the standard GDP for a long time; in public opinion, Japanese people and young students remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki every year, but some people even Lian Nanjing University The massacre and Pearl Harbor did not know much about it.

In addition, he believes that, in addition to political rights, Japan also tried to play a greater role in cooperating with the US strategy. The performance on Taiwan's issue is a typical case. Behind this is the United States' encouragement, but more importantly is Japan's cognition and attitude towards China's development. He particularly reminded that Japan had a history of colonial rule in Taiwan in Taiwan, China, and should be cautious on this issue.

Public reports show that while the recent cooling political relations between China and Japan, the favorability of Chinese and Japanese people has become more "cold". According to the Japanese current affairs news agency reported in February this year, a poll showed that only 26.3%of Chinese interviewees had a "goodwill" of Japan, a decrease of 13.4%from the survey results from December 2020 to January 2020.

In this regard, Cheng Yonghua, who currently serves as the executive vice president of the China -Japan Friendship Association, told the Global Times reporter that in fact, in the early days of the new crown epidemic, in the early 2020 months, the Chinese and Japanese people once formed a very benign interaction. The typical case is the good story of providing material assistance between the two sides and the well -known "exotic mountains and rivers, wind and moon".

He said, however, with the "shaking pot" of the U.S. government on the epidemic issue, this emotion has affected a considerable part of the Japanese, and some people are also willing to follow the US commanders. Folk emotions have a very negative impact. In addition, under the impact of the epidemic, the cultural exchanges between the two countries were interrupted, and both parties only understood each other from the Internet. This information could not help but exaggerate and false, which led to further decline in each other's views on each other.

However, Cheng Yonghua reminded that it is worth noting that although many polls show that Chinese and Japanese people have a decline in each other's favorability, at the same time, more than 70%of the people in the two countries believe that the other country is important to the development of the country, which means that this means that it means that the country's development is very important.The possibility of good relations between the two countries, especially the people's relationship, still exists.At the node of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of China -Japan diplomatic relations, China and Japan should expand exchanges and enhance cooperation, especially organize more channels, such as inviting young people to visit each other to enhance their cognition and each otherlearn.He also said that in culture, the people of the two countries should also understand that in the past two thousand years, Sino -Japanese culture has been a relationship that influences each other. For exampleSpeakly.Chinese culture is broad and tolerant. We should pay attention to and inherit the excellent traditional culture of China. It also needs to strengthen cultural exchanges with countries including Japan and promote the development of relations between China and countries.

Global Times-Global Network Reporter Bai Yunyi

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