The Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarifies the fundamental reason why the situation on Diaoyu Island tends to be complicated.

　　On April 16, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian held a regular press conference. A reporter asked questions. According to Japanese media reports, Japanese fishing boats have been driven away by China coast guard boats many times recently in the Diaoyu Islands. China accused Japanese boats of being "political fishing boats". There are also comments on the Japanese Internet that Japanese personnel can consider driving a fishing boat to the Diaoyu Islands in the near future, deliberately causing a collision accident with a Japanese coast guard boat, and then hype the Chinese side to stir up trouble and escalate tensions, so as to push the Japanese and US governments to take the opportunity of Japanese leaders’ visit to the United States to strengthen the measures for applying the China-US Security Treaty to the Diaoyu Islands. What is China’s comment on this?

　　Zhao Lijian said that recently, the Japanese side has been letting the so-called "fishing boats of unknown origin" go to the Diaoyu Islands to make trouble, which is the root cause of the current complicated situation on the Diaoyu Islands. If what you say comes true, it can only show that some Japanese people who are afraid of chaos in the world are deliberately trying to touch porcelain on the Diaoyu Islands issue, escalate the maritime situation and frame China.

　　Zhao Lijian emphasized that Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands are China’s inherent territory, and China’s will and determination to safeguard its territorial sovereignty are unshakable, and it will resolutely deal with the illegal actions of the Japanese side that violate China’s sovereignty. Once again, we seriously urge Japan to abide by the four-point principle consensus between China and Japan, effectively strengthen internal control and prevent the situation from deteriorating and escalating. (CCTV reporter Shen Yang Kong Luyuan)