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China slams Maehara for using `extreme words` to attack Beijing
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Kyodo) - A senior Chinese official criticized Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on Thursday for using ''extreme words'' to ''attack'' China, indicating this may dim the prospect of a meeting between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese
Prime Minister Naoto Kan later this month in Hanoi.
Speaking at a press briefing, Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue urged
Japan to take ''practical action to create right conditions'' for setting a
Wen-Kan meeting.
''Every day, Japan is using words to attack China, even using extreme words
that should not come out of the mouth of a foreign diplomat,'' Hu said.
It was the first time that a senior Chinese official has criticized Maehara
explicitly.
Maehara's ''extreme words'' apparently include ''hysterical,'' which he used
Monday to describe China's retaliatory steps against Japan in response to a
ship collision case last month near the disputed Senkaku Islands, administered
by Japan but claimed by China.
China may also be irritated by his comment Thursday that Japan never agreed to
former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's 1978 proposal for shelving the
territorial issue over the islands, underlining Tokyo's long-time position that
the islands are integral part of Japan.
Hu made the comments when asked about the prospect of a meeting between the two
prime ministers on the sidelines of regional summits slated for later this
month in the Vietnamese capital.
''That's why we say we need an atmosphere and practical action to create right
conditions'' for the envisaged summit, he said.
Hu criticized Maehara's comment Friday that the Japanese minister sees ''no
need to rush'' in arranging high-level talks between the two countries to mend
ties soured by the Sept. 7 collisions between a Chinese fishing ship and
Japanese patrol boats near the islands.
At the same time, however, Hu said Beijing places ''high importance'' on
China-Japan relations.
On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said Beijing feels
''shocked'' by Maehara's ''hysterical'' remark.
''The recent series of remarks by officials from the Japanese Foreign Ministry
obviously run in the opposite direction,'' Ma said at a press conference.
China slapped retaliatory measures against Japan over the arrest of the captain of a Chinese fishing ship that collided with Japanese patrol boats, including cancellation of ministerial and higher-level exchanges and suspension of bilateral talks on joint gas field development in the East China Sea.
While making tough comments on China, Maehara has expressed his eagerness to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi later this month in Hanoi.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan later this month in Hanoi.
Speaking at a press briefing, Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue urged
Japan to take ''practical action to create right conditions'' for setting a
Wen-Kan meeting.
''Every day, Japan is using words to attack China, even using extreme words
that should not come out of the mouth of a foreign diplomat,'' Hu said.
It was the first time that a senior Chinese official has criticized Maehara
explicitly.
Maehara's ''extreme words'' apparently include ''hysterical,'' which he used
Monday to describe China's retaliatory steps against Japan in response to a
ship collision case last month near the disputed Senkaku Islands, administered
by Japan but claimed by China.
China may also be irritated by his comment Thursday that Japan never agreed to
former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's 1978 proposal for shelving the
territorial issue over the islands, underlining Tokyo's long-time position that
the islands are integral part of Japan.
Hu made the comments when asked about the prospect of a meeting between the two
prime ministers on the sidelines of regional summits slated for later this
month in the Vietnamese capital.
''That's why we say we need an atmosphere and practical action to create right
conditions'' for the envisaged summit, he said.
Hu criticized Maehara's comment Friday that the Japanese minister sees ''no
need to rush'' in arranging high-level talks between the two countries to mend
ties soured by the Sept. 7 collisions between a Chinese fishing ship and
Japanese patrol boats near the islands.
At the same time, however, Hu said Beijing places ''high importance'' on
China-Japan relations.
On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said Beijing feels
''shocked'' by Maehara's ''hysterical'' remark.
''The recent series of remarks by officials from the Japanese Foreign Ministry
obviously run in the opposite direction,'' Ma said at a press conference.
China slapped retaliatory measures against Japan over the arrest of the captain of a Chinese fishing ship that collided with Japanese patrol boats, including cancellation of ministerial and higher-level exchanges and suspension of bilateral talks on joint gas field development in the East China Sea.
While making tough comments on China, Maehara has expressed his eagerness to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi later this month in Hanoi.
