China won't bow to Japan's demand on 'comfort women'
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="withdraw">withdraw</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="application">application</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="UNESCO">UNESCO</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="women">women</span>" <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="body">body</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Memory">Memory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="application">application</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span>, <span word="sparking">sparking</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="Chief">Chief</span> <span word="Cabinet">Cabinet</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span> <span word="Yoshihide">Yoshihide</span> <span word="Suga">Suga</span> <span word="denounced">denounced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="application">application</span>.</p><p><span word="Suga">Suga</span> <span word="said">said</span> "<span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="extremely">extremely</span> <span word="regrettable">regrettable</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="making">making</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="theUNESCO">theUNESCO</span> <span word="forum">forum</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="unnecessarily">unnecessarily</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="legacy">legacy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ties">ties</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span>".</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="revisionist">revisionist</span> <span word="remarks">remarks</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="prominent">prominent</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="months">months</span> –<span word="some">some</span> <span word="explicitly">explicitly</span> <span word="denying">denying</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="slavery">slavery</span> – <span word="have">have</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="concern">concern</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Equivocations">Equivocations</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="politicians">politicians</span> - <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Shinzo">Shinzo</span> <span word="Abe">Abe</span> – <span word="have">have</span> <span word="exacerbated">exacerbated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impression">impression</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="wants">wants</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horrific">horrific</span> <span word="practice">practice</span>," <span word="AFP">AFP</span> <span word="commented">commented</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="Suga">Suga</span>, <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="spokesperson">spokesperson</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="stated">stated</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="protested">protested</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="regard">regard</span>, <span word="demanding">demanding</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="withdrawal">withdrawal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="application">application</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="firm">firm</span>.</p><p><span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="spokeswoman">spokeswoman</span> <span word="Hua">Hua</span> <span word="Chunying">Chunying</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>:</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="accept">accept</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unreasonable">unreasonable</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="withdraw">withdraw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="application">application</span>."</p>
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