China Protests Ishiba-Trump Joint Statement

Beijing, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)--China's Foreign Ministry on Monday protested a joint statement issued late last week by the leaders of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump. Liu Jinsong, director-general of the Chinese ministry's Department of Asian Affairs, summoned Akira Yokochi, chief minister of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, and lodged the protest. In...

China Protests Ishiba-Trump Joint Statement
Beijing, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)--China's Foreign Ministry on Monday protested a joint statement issued late last week by the leaders of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump. Liu Jinsong, director-general of the Chinese ministry's Department of Asian Affairs, summoned Akira Yokochi, chief minister of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, and lodged the protest. In...