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China has officially expressed condolences for Prime Minister Abe’s death, but is wary of Japan’s right-wing movement and constitutional reform to a war-torn country.
Correspondent Kang Seong-woong reports from Beijing.
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China has officially acknowledged former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his contribution to improving Sino-Japanese relations.
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Mazaoshi, deputy minister, visited the Japanese embassy in China to express condolences.
Earlier, two days following the announcement of the death of Chinese President Xi Jinping, he sent condolences to Japan in his personal name.
Xi expressed his condolences, saying that former Prime Minister Abe made efforts to improve relations between China and Japan.
[자오리젠 / 중국 외교부 대변인 : 아베 전 총리는 중일 관계의 개선 발전에 공헌을 했습니다.]
But concerns are growing as the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leads to the LDP’s victory in the House of Councilors election.
This is because, as a country capable of war, Japan will go on the path of becoming a military power as constitutional amendment is pushed forward.
In the end, there is also the prospect of participating in overseas wars and joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and NATO.
The Chinese government has effectively opposed Japan’s constitutional amendments.
[왕원빈 / 중국 외교부 대변인 : 일본 개헌 문제가 국제사회와 아시아 이웃 국가들의 관심을 받고 있습니다. 일본이 역사의 교훈을 진지하게 받아들여, 평화 발전의 길로 가기를 바랍니다.]
On the Chinese Internet, negative reviews and ridiculing posts regarding former Prime Minister Abe continue to rise.
The main reason is that they did not reflect on the war of aggression, including visiting the Yasukuni Shrine.
China has paid diplomatic courtesy over the death of former Prime Minister Abe, but is wary of accelerating Japan’s right-wing movement.
This is Sungwoong Kang from YTN in Beijing.
YTN Kang Sung-woong (swkang@ytn.co.kr)
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