Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian Photo: Foreign Ministry

 
在9月10日外交部例行记者会上，有记者提问称，据报道，8日，针对中国宣布对日本参议员石平采取反制措施，日本内阁官房长官林芳正表示不可接受。日方已通过外交渠道要求中方立即撤销反制措施。媒体评论称，中国首次制裁日本议员可能加剧两国紧张关系。中方对此有何回应？

At the regular press conference of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 10, a reporter asked: According to media reports, in response to China's announcement of countermeasures against Japanese lawmaker Shi Ping (Seki Hei), Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stated that such action is unacceptable, and Tokyo has requested Beijing swiftly withdraw the measures on Seki. Media comments claimed that China’s first sanctions against a Japanese lawmaker may exacerbate tensions between the two countries. What is China's comment on this?

对此，发言人林剑表示，石平根本不是什么所谓“持不同观点人士”，他曾拥有中国国籍赴日并取得日本国籍后，为了一己私利甘愿向反华敌对势力纳投名状，大肆抹黑攻击中国。当选国会议员后，公然参拜靖国神社，严重违背中日四个政治文件精神和一个中国原则，严重干涉中国内政，严重损害中国主权和领土完整，是彻头彻尾的反华分子。

In response, spokesperson Lin Jian said that Shi Ping is not at all a person with differing views. Shi once held Chinese nationality before acquiring Japanese nationality after moving to Japan. For personal gain, he pledged allegiance to anti-China hostile forces, making baseless slanders and attacks against China. After winning a seat to Japan's House of Councillors, he openly visited the Yasukuni Shrine, which seriously violates the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan and the one-China principle, constitutes gross interference in China’s internal affairs, and severely undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He is a blatant anti-China element.

林剑强调，中方对石平采取反制措施，是基于中国法律捍卫国家利益，符合国际惯例的正义之举。日本政府不约束国会议员违背中日四个政治文件精神的错误言行，反而倒打一耙。中方对此强烈不满，坚决反对，已向日方提出严正交涉。

Lin stressed that China’s countermeasures against Shi Ping are a just action based on Chinese laws to safeguard national interests and align with international practice. Instead of restraining lawmakers from actions that contravene the spirit of four China-Japan political documents, the Japanese government has made unfounded accusations. China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to this and has lodged solemn representations with Japan.