China is "strongly dissatisfied" with Japan for allowing former
Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui to enter the country, and the Foreign Ministry
has lodged strong protest to the Japanese government over the
issue, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao in Beijing on
Monday.
The Japanese government allowed Lee to enter the country despite
China's repeated firm protests, Liu said. He called it a "wrong
decision."
He said Lee is the chief representative of the radical force for
Taiwan independence on Taiwan Island and is "an out-and-out
troublemaker in the international arena."
Liu said that by allowing Lee to enter the country, the Japanese
government is conniving with and supporting the Taiwan independence
force. The move has sent a wrong signal and has severely disturbed
the political foundation of China-Japan relations.
China has seriously requested Japan to consider overall
China-Japan relations and take effective steps to "remove the bad
influence of the issue," Liu said.
He said China will closely follow developments during Lee's
visit, and reserves its right to react further.
(Xinhua News Agency December 28, 2004)