Screenshot of the posts on the X account of Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao on November 14, 2025

Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao on Friday said in a social media post that Japan once imposed colonial rule over Taiwan and committed countless heinous crimes, and has absolutely no qualification to make any irresponsible remarks on the Taiwan question. 

In the post on the X platform, the Chinese envoy reposted a video clip from CCTV News, which includes footage on Taiwan’s restoration, and noted that on October 25, 1945, Japanese representatives signed the surrender document at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei. 

“Japan once imposed colonial rule over Taiwan and committed too many heinous crimes to record, and has absolutely no qualification to make any irresponsible remarks on the Taiwan question,” Wu wrote in Chinese in the X post.  

The Chinese ambassador then reposted the post and wrote the message in Japanese. This comes as the Chinese side has expressed firm opposition to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s erroneous and provocative remarks regarding the Taiwan question.  

On Thursday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong summoned Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi on Thursday, making serious démarches over erroneous remarks of Takaichi regarding China.

Sun said that Takaichi openly made blatant and provocative remarks regarding the Taiwan region, even implying the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Straits. The nature and impact of these remarks are extremely egregious. Despite China’s serious démarches and protests, the Japanese side still refused to change course and retrack the erroneous remarks. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this, and lodges solemn representations and strong protests with Japan, Sun said.

The erroneous and provocative remarks made by Takaichi also face growing backlash in Japan. 

Former Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba criticized Takaichi's remarks during a radio appearance on Thursday. Responding to her statement in the Diet, Ishiba noted that past administrations had consistently avoided making definitive declarations on how the government would respond to specific scenarios regarding the Taiwan question, Mainichi Shimbun reported.

Global Times