On Oct 26, Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun briefed Chinese and foreign journalists on the Diaoyu Islands issue. Zhang said Japan asking China to choose between the Japanese government and the right-wing forces "purchasing" the islands was like giving a choice between two kinds of poison. It is absurd, and China will never accept any option that undermines its territorial sovereignty.

But the Japanese government went on to "purchased" the Diaoyu Islands and violate China's territorial sovereignty. Can China swallow this poison?

China has been committed to good-neighborly and friendly foreign policies. It has always advocated peaceful settlement of regional and international disputes through dialogue and negotiations. But China will never accept any interference in its territorial sovereignty.