Ministry of National Defense: Yasukuni Shrine is a veritable "War Criminal Shrine," and the DPP authorities' pro-Japan colonialism and recognition of thieves as fathers is disgraceful.

[Global Network Report] On the afternoon of August 27, the Ministry of Defense held a regular press conference, where Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, answered reporters' questions.

Reporter: According to reports, several Japanese politicians visited the Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, the day of Japan's defeat and surrender, with former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Seiko Noda offering ritual fees. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities not only did not condemn this but instead claimed to "respect the diverse views of Japanese society." What is your comment on this?

Zhang Xiaogang: The Yasukuni Shrine is a veritable "war criminal shrine" and a place for militarism to summon spirits. Japanese politicians repeatedly engage in collective "worship of ghosts," wantonly trampling on the feelings of the people in the Asia-Pacific region, seriously desecrating historical justice, and allowing Japanese right-wing forces to revive militaristic obsessions, exposing their nature of external aggression and expansion. The international community should remain highly vigilant and resolutely curb this.

The Yasukuni Shrine not only enshrines 14 Class A war criminals but also war criminals like Ando Toshiaki and Nogi Maresuke, whose hands are stained with the blood of Taiwanese compatriots. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities' sycophancy towards Japan and their recognition of thieves as fathers is disgraceful. I hope that the vast number of Taiwanese compatriots will be upright Chinese people, firmly oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism and external interference, and actively participate in the just cause of the peaceful reunification of the motherland.