On February 14, 2026 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the Munich Security Conference. He delivered a speech at the "Conversation with China" session and answered questions from the floor.

When asked about China's responsibility bears for the resurgence of tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, Wang Yi expressed his disagreement with the notion that the regional situation is increasingly tense. Looking around the world, only Asia maintains overall peace. Even the recent conflict on the Cambodia-Thailand border was quickly resolved through the efforts of all parties, with China playing a role. China has become a pillar of peace in Asia. As a significant force for peace in the world today, China will continue to play a constructive role in regional peace and stability.

Wang Yi said that Asia is not without its challenges and turbulence, and vigilance is necessary against recent dangerous trends in Japan. The current Japanese Prime Minister has publicly claimed that any contingency in the Taiwan Strait would constitute a "situation of existential crisis" for Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense. This is the first time in the 80 years since World War II that a Japanese prime minister has publicly made such a reckless statement, directly challenging China's national sovereignty and the post-war international order in which Taiwan was returned to China, and directly reneging on the political commitments Japan made to China. China certainly cannot accept this, and neither will the 1.4 billion Chinese people!

Wang Yi said that since the conference was being held in Germany, a comparison could be drawn between the post-war settlements of history by Japan and Europe. After the war, Germany carried out a comprehensive liquidation of fascism and enacted laws prohibiting the promotion of Nazism. In contrast, Japan still enshrines Class-A war criminals, and Japanese politicians pay homage to them one after another, hailing them as "heroic souls". Such a phenomenon is unimaginable in Europe, and this is the root cause of all issues.

Wang Yi emphasized that the Japanese leader's erroneous remarks on the Taiwan question expose Japan's unabated ambition to invade and colonize Taiwan and persistent intention to revive militarism. Japan previously launched its aggression against China and attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States under the pretext of a so-called "situation of existential crisis". The lessons of history are not far away and must be heeded. If Japan refuses to repent, it will inevitably repeat historical mistakes. Kind-hearted people should all remain vigilant. First, the Japanese people must be reminded not to be blinded or coerced again by far-right forces and extremist ideologies. All peace-loving countries must also issue a warning to Japan: if it tries to turn back the clock of history, it will seal its own doom. If it gambles once more, it will only face a swifter defeat and suffer a more disastrous loss.