Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. Figure: Photo taken by China Central Radio Network (file photo)
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying posted on Twitter on the evening of the 7th, posting a Baidu map, pointing out that there are 38 Shandong dumpling restaurants and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants in Taipei City, and then said: “The taste is not good. People who cheat, Taiwan has always been part of China.” In response, Akio Yaita, director of the Taipei branch of the Japanese media Sankei Shimbun, bluntly stated in a Facebook post that a professional diplomat “used such absurd logic to claim territory for the country. Sovereignty, one can’t help but make people laugh and laugh.”
Akio Yaita mentioned that Hua Chunying has been the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 10 years. When she first debuted, “I was still a reporter in Beijing. At the press conference of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I asked her many questions. Yes, every time her answers are written and well-formed, they are not as sophisticated and funny as Qin Gang, Liu Jianchao and other spokespersons. I didn’t expect to see Hua Chunying following being the assistant minister for a few years, and her words became more and more outrageous. I wonder if it is She was influenced by her subordinate, the wolf warrior Zhao Lijian, and it’s even a little nonsensical recently.”
Akio Yaita said that he has lived in Taipei for two and a half years, and he has never felt that there are many Chinese restaurants in Taipei. The 38 Shandong dumpling restaurants and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants Hua Chunying mentioned have never been to any of his family. On the contrary, I feel that in Taipei, there are really many Japanese ramen restaurants, sushi restaurants, and izakaya. But he knew that there would never be any normal Japanese who would think “there are so many Japanese restaurants in Taiwan, and Taiwan should belong to Japan.”
Akio Yaita pointed out that the Tokyo headquarters of Sankei Shimbun is in Otemachi, and there is a place called Jimbocho not far away, where dozens of Zhejiang restaurants gather. It is said that following World War II, the vicinity of Jimbocho became the territory of overseas Chinese in Zhejiang, and Chinese restaurants with other cuisines were crowded out by overseas Chinese in Zhejiang. One of them is called Yuanlai Restaurant, and I used to go there often with friends. According to Hua Chunying’s logic, Jimbocho should be part of Zhejiang Province.
Akio Yaita continued to point out that following investigation, there are more than 9,000 Chinese cuisines in Tokyo, and this ratio should be the highest among major cities in the world. If the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs can decide the international order one day, I am afraid that the capital of Japan will immediately become China’s. He believes that Hua Chunying’s remarks cannot be interpreted as a joke or inaccurate words. Because “sovereignty” is closely related to the lives, property and national identity of thousands of residents. For many people, it is a big thing.
Akio Yaita emphasized: “China has never ruled Taiwan in history. In these days, China has annoyed the whole world with its various civil and military attacks on Taiwan under the pretext of Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. But China has been unable to come up with a solution. There is evidence that can convince everyone. Hua Chunying may have racked her brains to come up with the reason for this Shandong dumpling restaurant and Shanxi noodle restaurant. But if you find such a nonsense reason, you want to change the fate of many Taiwanese, it seems It also shows a Chinese-style ‘arrogance of power’.”
