On Thursday, responding to a question by Asahi Shimbun claiming that exchanges between Japan and China have been dwindling and asking whether the Chinese side hopes to see people-to-people exchange between the two countries restored, Lin Jian, spokesperson from China"s Foreign Ministry, told a press conference that the root cause of the serious difficulties in bilateral relations lies in Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi"s erroneous remarks on Taiwan. The responsibility rests solely with the Japanese side.

　　"If the Japanese side truly hopes to improve relations with China, it should abide by the four political documents between the two countries and the commitments it made to China, retract its erroneous remarks, safeguard the political foundation for bilateral relations with concrete actions, and create necessary conditions for normal exchanges with China," Lin noted.

　　Global Times