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Claims denying PRC's qualification to discuss Taiwan question stem from ignorance or distortion of history, disregarding intl law: FM

Global Times

By Global Times Published: Nov 25, 2025 05:07 PM

In response to the claims from some Japanese politicians that it was the "Republic of China," not the People's Republic of China (PRC), that accepted Japan's surrender in 1945, and therefore the PRC has no standing to discuss the Taiwan question, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday that those who make such claims are either ignorant about history or deliberately distorting history and disregarding international law.

Mao noted that in 1945, Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender, explicitly pledging to faithfully implement the Potsdam Proclamation and unconditionally return Taiwan to China. China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Taiwan, recovering it both in law and in fact.

In 1949, the government of the PRC replaced the government of the "Republic of China." This was a change of government under circumstances where the international legal identity of China remained unchanged and China's sovereignty and inherent territory did not change, said Mao, adding that the government of the PRC naturally fully enjoys and exercises China's sovereignty, including sovereignty over Taiwan.

Mao noted that the 1972 China-Japan Joint Statement clearly stipulates that the Japanese government recognizes the government of the PRC as the sole legal government of China.

There is but one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory. These are ironclad facts that brook no distortion or falsification, the spokesperson added.