The Taiwan question concerns the core interests of China and relates to the national feeling of the 1.3 billion Chinese people, as well as the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations.

The safety of diplomatic missions should be guaranteed in accordance with international law.

This is a very important visit. It will have a major impact on the development of future ties.

International soccer matches often witness extreme behaviour by a handful of fans. We do not agree with this.

The Chinese Government has already taken … decisive measures to prevent bird flu and to share information with the international community.

We hope the U.S. side and the international community will keep alert to the danger and severe damage caused by the so-called ‘Taiwan Independence’.

It is not a new proposal. We believe that the Russian proposal could be a helpful attempt to break the current stalemate.

There is absolutely no such consensus,

What is more important is that the two sides can increase mutual understanding and seek common ground through dialogues,

At present I have no information to give to you on this.

We think the most urgent thing for all the parties now is still to keep patient and make utmost efforts to resume the negotiations between the EU3 and Iran.

The formalities are not important. We remain open to the number of participants.

We believe the proposal could be a useful attempt to break the stalemate. We hope all parties involved will give play to their wisdom so that talks can resume.

Especially before the IAEA meeting in February, we hope all sides can further their diplomatic and negotiation efforts.

All parties must show goodwill and sincerity to push forward developments.

The report wantonly interferes in China’s internal affairs and we express resolute opposition to it,

But it must also be pointed out that some Japanese media have stirred up and exaggerated the behavior of a few people, and even linked this with politics,

China is conducting careful study on the draft resolution and keeping contacts with parties concerned.

We are glad to see that Chinese, ROK and Japanese scholars have already made some helpful contributions in this field recently.

Prime Minister Koizumi cannot change the nature of his visit no matter what manner he takes.

Progress has been made and the control has been exercised on the funds that were involved in the case,

We will push for new progress at these talks. The key is to come up with constructive measures to put the joint statement into action.

We hope Iran can coordinate with the international community so as to resume negotiations through diplomatic means. All parties should keep patience and do all they can to restore the negotiations between Iran and the...

This is a serious violation of the purpose and principles of the U.N. Charter, an infringement of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and an interference in China’s internal affairs,

That report is sheer fabrication and extremely irresponsible.

The Chinese government, in handling such complicated international disputes, opposes the arbitrary use of sanctions or the threat of use of sanctions in the efforts to solve the question. It will only complicate the issue.

We are shocked by and express our strong indignation over the Japanese foreign minister’s remark of overtly glorifying invasion history.

We noticed that many Japanese people also hold misgivings about Koizumi’s shrine visit.

On energy security, oil, I believe the two sides will discuss beneficial cooperation.

We express our regret at this.

At the same time, all parties concerned should cooperate with each other on the issue.

The move, just like lifting a rock only to drop it on his own feet, defies human justice and conscience and will ultimately not be of benefit to Japan itself.

In this context, China calls on all parties to exercise restraint and patience and take positive action to create necessary conditions for addressing the issue.

foreigners in China must abide by Chinese laws.

We believe by breaking these talks into phases, we will achieve better results. People can take a break and come back refreshed.

Koizumi’s visit is a grave event,

His aim in going to the U.S. is to engage in ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist activities, interfering in Sino-U.S. ties,

Such activities violate the U.N. Charter and are unpopular and bound to fail.

We oppose the habitual use of sanctions, or threats of sanctions, to solve problems. This only complicates problems.

We hope Iran can implement and abide by the resolution of the IAEA and fully cooperate with the IAEA so as to achieve an early proper solution of the Iranian nuclear issue within the IAEA...

Actually you want me to confirm Kim’s visit but I cannot do that because I’m not authorized to provide any information on this question.

We think the Russian proposal is a good attempt to break this stalemate.

We hope that various parties can stick to their parts in bringing a peaceful solution and that the Beijing talks can be continued.

The Vatican is very clear about the principles that China advanced for developing China-Vatican relations.

China still hopes that peaceful negotiation and diplomatic means are good choices for resolving the Iranian nuclear issue and serve the interests of all the parties concerned. So we hope that all parties concerned will...

The Iranian nuclear issue should be appropriately resolved through diplomatic negotiations.

We hope that Iraq will comprehensively implement the U.N. resolutions to create the necessary conditions for the orderly and peaceful resolution of the Iraq issue.

Mongolia is China’s friendly neighbor. Domestic changes there, especially political changes, certainly draw concern from China.

We hope the parties concerned could exercise restraint and keep calm and step up communication and dialogue so as to properly resolve this issue.

And we want to see the Japanese side improve bilateral ties with practical actions.