China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Fu Cong, warned on Thursday that any military involvement by Japan in the Taiwan issue would constitute a "direct strike."

Fu made the statement during a plenary session of this year's meeting of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the United Nations.

According to him, Japanese political figures have, in recent years, been acting against historical trends. He stated that Japan has explicitly linked the Taiwan issue to what it calls a "situation endangering survival," has reacted speculatively based on the Japan-U.S. alliance, and is attempting to use the concept of "self-defense" as a pretext for intervention in this matter.

"These fallacious arguments have no legal basis," Fu stated. He emphasized that Taiwan is an integral part of China's territory, and that the way to resolve the Taiwan issue is an internal affair of China. "No other country has the right to interfere, let alone use force under the pretext of so-called self-defense," he added.

Fu further stated that such claims, in his view, are in violation of Japan's obligations as a defeated country and violate the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, as well as the principles of the UN Charter regarding respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in the internal affairs of states.

"These claims represent a serious challenge to the post-war international order and should be met with caution and opposition from all peace-loving countries. If Japan, under any pretext, exercises what it calls the right to collective self-defense and intervenes in the Taiwan issue, it will constitute an act of aggression against China, and China will deliver a direct strike," Fu stated.

On February 14, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at the Munich Security Conference, recalled that Japan had previously used a "situation of existential crisis" as a pretext for invading China and for the attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States in 1941.

"If Japan gambles again, it will only face a faster defeat and even more catastrophic losses," Wang warned during the conference.

CMG