China Pushes Back Against Japan's Bid for UN Security Seat
Speaking before a UN General Assembly session Friday dedicated to negotiations over equitable representation and potential council expansion, China's UN Ambassador Fu Cong delivered a pointed rebuke of Tokyo's aspirations, according to a state broadcaster.
Fu accused Japan of having "persistently refused to reflect on its wartime crimes of aggression, openly trampled on the postwar international order, and interfered in the sovereignty of other countries, thereby posing new threats to regional peace and stability."
Such a country is "totally unqualified" for a permanent seat on the Security Council, he argued.
Japan, which has long championed structural reforms to the council, has not publicly responded to Beijing's accusations.
The broadside arrives amid a notably strained bilateral relationship. Tensions between Beijing and Tokyo sharpened last November when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that a Chinese military strike on Taiwan could legally qualify as a "survival-threatening situation" — language that could potentially authorize Japan to invoke the right of collective self-defense. The remarks drew swift and fierce condemnation from China.
Beyond targeting Japan, Ambassador Fu used the forum to lay out Beijing's broader vision for how the Security Council should evolve, anchoring his position in three principles he described as "key."
He argued first that the council must not be allowed to transform into a "club" of major powers, insisting that reform must extend its benefits beyond a narrow group of nations. Second, he called for changes that would "genuinely" amplify the representation and voice of developing countries — with particular urgency around Africa, stating that historical injustices on the continent must be corrected and given priority attention and special arrangements.
"Third, reform should not be confined to the current global landscape; rather it should be planned with strategic vision and a long-term perspective," he added.
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