China official protests Japan’s negative remarks at meeting with US, Chinese foreign ministry says By Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese Foreign Ministry official has expressed diplomatic dissatisfaction to Japan over negative comments made by the Japanese side during a recent meeting with the United States, China’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Liu Jinsong, director-general of Asian affairs at China’s Foreign Ministry, has lodged a complaint with Japan over comments made by the United States and Japan about what it called Beijing’s “provocative” behavior in the South and East China Seas, its joint military exercises with Russia, and the rapid expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal.

“China urges Japan to establish an objective and rational understanding of China, and stop making irresponsible remarks on China’s internal affairs,” Liu told the Japanese prime minister at the Japanese embassy in China on Tuesday, according to the statement.